Mysuru: Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy, Madikeri and Sri Bhagavathi Kodava Association, Mysuru will organise ‘Kodava Paithande Namme’ on July 12 at Kodava Samaja in Vijayanagar here at 5 pm.
According to available records, up to 1956, Kodava society had a practice of honouring mothers who gave birth to ten or more children and they used to be respectfully adored as great mothers. Such mothers used to be honoured in a public function ‘Mangala’ (marriage ceremony) called ‘Paithandekkalapa’ or ‘Paithande Namme’.
