{"id":6063,"date":"2019-01-18T09:54:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T09:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=6063"},"modified":"2019-05-21T07:21:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T07:21:58","slug":"pandanda-kuttappa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/pandanda-kuttappa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandanda Kuttappa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pandanda Kuttappa and his brother Pandanda Kashi were the brain behind \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">Kodava Hockey Namme<\/a>\u2019 (Kodava <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6064 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kuttappa-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kuttappa-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kuttappa-768x849.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kuttappa-300x332.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kuttappa.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/>Hockey Festival) in <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodagu-district\/\">Coorg<\/a>. This festival is recognized as one of the largest field <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">hockey<\/a> tournaments in the world and has been referred to the&nbsp;Guinness Book of Records<\/p>\n<h2>Family<\/h2>\n<h3>Sibiling<\/h3>\n<p>Pandanda kashi Ponnappa<\/p>\n<h2>Achievements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He conceived the idea of creating a platform in which the different Kodava families can get together. Realising the passion of <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">hockey<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodagu-district\/\">Kodagu<\/a>, he decided that a <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">hockey<\/a> festival would be a good event to bring Kodavas together. He also chose the <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">hockey festival<\/a> because he was disturbed about the growth of junior <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">hockey<\/a> players from <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodagu-district\/\">Kodagu<\/a>. The Tournament happens during the month of April-May every year.<\/li>\n<li>The inaugural tournament was held in 1997 and the finances for the tournament were provided by Kuttappa and his brother Pandanda late Kashi Ponnappa.<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;The first tournament held at Karada, known as&nbsp;Pandanda Cup&nbsp;attracted around 60 families. Some rules were framed which included that all the team members must belong to the same family (surname) and participate in a full <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">hockey<\/a> attire. Even women could be a part of the team and it was left to the woman to decide whether she wants to represent the father\u2019s family or that of the husband\u2019s.<\/li>\n<li>After the inaugural tournament, an academy called as The <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/kodava-hockey-festival\/\">Kodava Hockey<\/a> Academy was started to oversee and have the final say in all matters related to the future tournaments.<\/li>\n<li>Each subsequent tournament would be organised annually by a different Kodava family and the name of the family was given as the name of the tournament.<\/li>\n<li>The response to the tournament grew year by year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Awards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He was honoured Karnataka State<a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/rajyotsava-awards\/\"> Rajyotsava award<\/a> for the year 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pandanda Kuttappa and his brother Pandanda Kashi were the brain behind \u2018Kodava Hockey Namme\u2019 (Kodava Hockey Festival) in Coorg. 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