Our Customs and creed along with our unique Attire and cuisine defines us as a clan. As a clan we have shaped our social patterns over many centuries and this gives us a special identity.

The many threads of cultural memory have tied us together and serves as a reminder of strong values that can be accessed instantly. For instance, The Aine Mane or Balya Mane (Family’s Main Home) where a lamp is lit to invoke the blessings . This place is hallowed by many people in the family lived and gone before us,every brick and beam is proof of the strength and stability that they intended for their progeny.

There is the Two sentence talk called ”Dhande Thakke”but in some cases runs into a lengthy speech! It is a vocal reminder to all present that we stand here now because of those who took care of us and those who nurtured them and so on. Untill we reach back to our Ansistors in antiquity and to the unseen forces that support us . In order to comprehend such immeasurable benevolence, we condense it to a readily grasped form. So, we bow down with reverence and gratitude to the great nurturing mother,Kaveriammae , the protector – Provider Igguthappa and our forebears Guru Karana,in retual humility . Our Philosophy recognizes that as an individual very little is our own doing . We do not have an independent origin and we owe much to those who preceded us . This awareness has the power to shred arrogance,bringing on gentler emotions and restore a fine balance . so, we touch the feet of elders.Although it may be seen as a social obligation,It is on the deeper level a mark of humility and reverence for the range of human experience that comes of living long.

In every family there is atleast one who becomes the keeper of the tradition . Our “Baalo Paate”i.e treditional songs with history and lore put into song with accompanying beat of drums called ”The duddi” . Through out the song Woven is the tales of our familys heroes and heroines of struggles and success . This part of our oral history has been in decline as the older generation is dying and the young have not fully embraced the tradition . kodavas are a unique community with martail traditions . They are renowned as a handsome,brave and hospitable people. Many of their customs and traditions are different from those of its neighbours .

After India attained independence in 1947,The Chief commissioner’s rule continued in Kodagu until 1952. when it was reconstituted as a part ‘C’ state of the Indian union . Kodagu had a legislative council from 1924 to 1952 . From 1952 to 1956,Kodagu had a Legislative Assembly and a two member Ministry . In 1956,following the reorganization of states on a linguistic basis,Kodagu became a district of Karnataka state.

Baba Budan, who smuggled coffee beans from Arabia,is said to have planted coffee near his hermitage in Dattatreya peta in what is present day western ghats of Chikmangaloru area .

Commercial plantations were opened in south India with British enterprise and investment . The cultivation of coffee rapidly progressed in the next 40 years . In 1856 there were only 7 British planters in Mysore . By 1869 their numbers had increased to 662 owning 8094 hectors of total cultivated area of 58670 Hectors . Indian coffee soon established itself as outstanding in quality and became a commodity second to none in the world market . The early pioneers seemed to have preferred the heavy rainfall areas for opening coffee plantations .

In Chickmagalur,the earliest large scale plantation (Mylemoney)was established by Thomas Cannon in 1830. It is still in good productive condition . Frederic Green started growing coffee in Igoor Sakleshpur(Munzerabad)in 1843. He was followed by Mockett,Jupp,Anderson,and Elliot a group of highly capable Entrepreneurs who have left their mark on this coffee district. In 1843 fred Meppen opened estates near Yemmedoddi ( Kadur).

Malabar Muslims bought seeds and seedlings from Dattatreya Peeta which gave birth to the earliest coffee gardens in Nalaknad village in coorg .Later Fowler near mercara and fennel in Uligolly formed their estates in 1854 . In 1855 Mann and Stewart opened estates near the Sampejae Ghats near Suntikoppa . Balekadu and Yemmegundi were opened by Chisholm in 1860.In 1863,F Mangles planted coffee in Abikutty, Coovercolly and Haleri. Koundinya was the pioneer who opened coffee in bamboo district of coorg .

It is estimated that the total area under coffee in coorg alone was 11,331 hector in 1856. By then the number of British Planters in Coorg had risen to 200.The Karnatic Coffee company Ltd established in 1870 appears to be the earliest company cultivating over 1200 hectors on coorg .

In 1840,Major James Ouchterlony started estates in the O valley of Niligries . Balaharder followed him establishing estates near Kotageri. Coffee came to wayanad in Kerela as early as ee. Coffee grown in Mananthavadyby Brown was known as’Anjarakandy Brown’.Coffee in Shevaroys was pioneered by M.D Cockburn who established Kannahatty estate in 1843.On the Nelliampathies Pradeherry was opened by Arnold in 1860. Infftroduction of Coffee was also made at Sircilla in Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh around the same time which proved good results.

Coffee Industry in India.

Today,Coffee occupies a place of pride among plantation crops grown in India . The area under Coffee is 4.15Lakh Hectors of which Arabica accounts for 2.06 lakh hector and Robusta accounts for the rest 2.09 Lakh Hector . The annual Average Production is around 3,10,000 tons and about 75% of coffee is exported . Coffee has contributed nearly Rs.4,600 Crores of foreign exchange to the national exchequer annually . Coffee Cultivation is confined mostly to hilly tracts of western and eastern ghats as a well distributed annual rainfall is preferable .

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