ANGELIC GANGAMMA: THE OTHER FORGOTTEN PRINCESS OF COORG
By: C.P. Belliappa In 1841, two wives of the exiled raja of Coorg – Chikka Veerarajendra – added two daughters to his brood of children. Of the two girls, Gowramma became well-known as Queen...
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INDIAN BADMINTON PLAYER ASHWINI PONNAPPA ‘COORG PERSON OF THE YEAR’
Star Indian badminton player and Olympian Ashwini Ponnappa is the ‘Coorg Person of the year, 2017’. What clinched the title of Coorg Person besides her sporting achievements was Ashwini’s decision to marry a fellow...
Athlete M.R. Poovamma is ‘Coorg Person of the Year, 2015’
Kodagu-born M.R. Poovamma, winner of the 2015 Arjuna award for her contributions in the field of athletics, is the ‘Coorg Person of the Year, 2015”. Machettira Raju Poovamma, aged 25, won the gold medal...
What happens when 2000 cars converge on one-horse town Ammathi?
By P.T. Bopanna Ammathi is a one-horse town near Virajpet in Kodagu (Coorg). Noted writer Kavery Nambisan, who also heads the Tata Coffee-run hospital in the town, has aptly described the town as follows:...
Flesh trade and gambling in illegal Coorg homestays?
Do some of the homestay owners in Coorg indulging in nefarious activities like flesh trade and gambling? In a shocking disclosure, Kodagu superintendent of police Varthika Katiyar (in picture) has admitted that illegal activities...
Ad firm chief dies in Coorg air crash: second time unlucky
Ramesh Rao, Managing Director of Bengaluru-based Scion Advertising, who died in an air crash on Saturday in Coorg, was involved in another air crash two years ago when his two-seater aircraft crashed in the...
Exclusive: Kodagu forest cover increasing says state forest chief
By P.T. Bopanna Karnataka’s principal chief conservator of forests G. V. Sugur has maintained that forest cover in Kodagu has increased, contrary to the perception that forests have been “disappearing” in the ecologically sensitive...
‘Discover Coorg Video’ DVD launched
‘Discover Coorg Video’, the first full-fledged DVD on Coorg, has been launched. The DVD features tourist spots, homestays, Coorg jewellery, Kodava family hockey festival, facilities for golf in Coorg, and the unique culture of...
What is all the fuss about the coffee ‘out-turn test’?
Dr. Kanathanda Manjula Aiyappa (in picture), an agriculture scientist, explains in simple language all that you wanted to know about the coffee ‘out-turn test’ which has become a sort of headache for the coffee...
www.coorgtourisminfo.com campaign: Hunsur-Gonikoppal Road work completed
In a major victory for the social media, one of the sustained campaigns on Facebook has led to the rebuilding of the Hunsur-Gonikoppal Road. The 45-km road bordering Mysore and Kodagu districts was in...
