Category: Coorg News

The 16th edition of the mega Kodava family hockey festival being hosted by the Iychettira clan this year will begin on April 21 at Ammathi in Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka. The hockey fever...

Coorg’s first recipes website www.coorgrecipes.com started in 2007, has been redesigned to focus exclusively on Coorg cuisine. While retaining most of the earlier features, a few new features have been added. Commenting on the...

Passages from the diary of John van der Woude (in picture above), from Holland, during his visit to Madikeri (Mercara) in 1973. It was his first trip outside Europe at the age of 23....

A new website has been launched featuring Femina Miss India (Miss Photogenic) 2011 Dayana Erappa to showcase the unique jewellery and costume of Coorg. www.coorgjewellery.in is the first exclusive website devoted to Coorg jewellery...

Are the ruling BJP politicians in Kodagu taking the voters for a ride by starting work on the Hunsur-Gonikoppal Road just when the elections to the Karnataka Assembly are around the corner? When Speaker...

In what could spell trouble for legislators from Kodagu, including Speaker K.G. Bopaiah, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended “stern intervention” by the Supreme Court for “willfully violating” provisions of the forest and...

The Gaddige at Madikeri, one of the historical monuments of Kodagu, has got a new look following a beautification drive launched by the Madikeri Urban Development Authority. Over the years, Gaddige, the mausoleums of...

The Madikeri Kodava Samaja on Friday felicitated Mr P.M. Belliappa, retired IAS officer of Tamil Nadu, on his being chosen as the ‘Coorg Person of the Year 2011’ at a well-attended function at Madikeri...

The BJP leaders in Kodagu are busy congratulating themselves on their ‘feat’ in solving the long-pending Jamma Bane land problem. However, experts feel that the new legislation passed by the Karnataka Assembly recently has...

Mr P.M. Belliappa, a retired IAS officer of Tamil Nadu, who was decorated early this year (in picture above) with the Most Excellent Order of the ‘Member of the British Empire (MBE)’ by the...