Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy, Madikeri and Sri Bhagavathi Kodava Association, Mysuru

‘Kodava Paithande Namme,’ Maj. Gen. (retd.) Codanda K. Karumbaya inaugurates, President of Kodava Sahitya Academy Biddatanda S. Thammaiah presides, Superintendent of Police, Directorate of Civil Enforcement-Mysuru Aramanamada K. Suresh, President of Bhagavathi Kodava Association Ballachanda D. Subbaiah, Mysuru Kodava Samaja President Moovera K. Kuttappa and former Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Corporator Kaddaniyanda Harish Bopanna chief guests, Keethiyanda Kavya Kuttappa speaks about vanishing Kodava culture and traditions, release of book ‘Kodira Poomale’ written by Uluvangada Cauvery Uday and CD brought out in 1985 on ‘Kodava Baalopaat,’ ‘Kodava Narimangala’ (wedding of a hunted tiger, a practice that was in vogue in Kodagu in the past) will be performed, Kodava Samaja, Vijayanagar, 5 pm.