 Kodava folk singers | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (approx) 160,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Kodagu, Bangalore, Mysore | |
| Languages | |
| Koḍava takkï | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Nambiar, Mappilla, Arebhashe, Gowda, Amma, Heggade [1] [2] |
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| Culture of Karnataka |
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| Person | Koḍavanï |
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| People | Koḍavarï |
| Language | Koḍava takkï |
| Country | Koḍagï |
The Kodava people or Kodavas or Codavas are an endogamous Dravidian ethno-linguistic group from the region of Kodagu in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, who natively speak the Kodava language. They are traditionally land-owning agriculturists and patrilineal, with martial customs. Kodavas worship ancestors and weapons. They used to worship swords, bows, arrows and later guns. Hence, Kodavas are the only ones in India permitted to carry firearms without a license.[3][4][5]
- ^ Thurston, Edgar (16 June 2011). The Madras Presidency with Mysore, Coorg and the Associated States. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-60068-3.
- ^ Richter, G (1870). Manual of Coorg- A Gazetteer of the natural features of the country and the social and political condition of its inhabitants. Mangalore: C Stolz, Basel Mission Book Depository. pp. 110–117. ISBN 9781333863098.
- ^ B. D. Ganapathy (1967). Kodavas (Coorgs), their customs and culture. copies available at Kodagu. p. 28. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Jeff Neilson; Bill Pritchard (27 March 2009). Value chain struggles: institutions and governance in the plantation districts of South India. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-1-4051-7393-3. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Kumar Suresh Singh; Anthropological Survey of India (2003). People of India. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 751. ISBN 978-81-85938-98-1. Retrieved 23 August 2011.