34-730: SAI (Save Animals Initiative) Sanctuary is located in the Kodagu district in the Indian state of Karnataka . SAI Sanctuary is the only private sanctuary in India. It is spread over an area of 1.2 square km. It is managed by SAI Sanctuary Trust. SAI Sanctuary trust won the Wildlife and Tourism Initiative of the Year Award-2014 for Eco-Tourism that protects forests and wildlife. Dr. Anil Kumar Malhotra and Pamela Malhotra who first went to
68-442: A church for them. Languages of Kodagu district (2011) At the time of the 2011 census, 30.91% of the population spoke Kannada , 20.83% Malayalam , 14.86% Kodava , 8.92% Tulu , 5.81% Are , 4.66% Yerava , 4.23% Tamil , 2.95% Urdu , 1.74% Kurumba , 1.55% Telugu and 1.16% Konkani as their first language. Are Bhashe , a dialect of Kannada , Tulu and Kodava language are native to Kodagu district. Kodava Language uses
102-512: A language known as Arebhashe a dialect of Kannada . Guddemane Appaiah Gowda along with many other freedom fighters from different communities revolted against the British in an armed struggle which covered entire Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada. This was one of the earliest freedom movements against the British called " Amara Sulliada Swantantrya Sangraama " ( Amara Sulya Dhange formally called
136-402: A population density of 135 inhabitants per square kilometre (350/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 1.13%. Kodagu has a sex ratio of 1019 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 82.52%. 14.61% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.27% and 10.47% of the population respectively. Hindus are
170-619: A river that is home to fish and snakes, including the King Cobra . The huge trees and thick forest helped several birds like the hornbill find their homes. There are over 300 species of birds that visit this sanctuary. Several cameras are installed across the sanctuary to identify new animals and keep a track on poachers . When the Malhotra couple purchased the land, there were already native species of cardamom and other trees that were planted. They planted more native trees around these. As
204-544: Is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State , at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State . Kodagu is located on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats . It has a geographical area of 4,102 km (1,584 sq mi). The district is bordered by Dakshina Kannada district to the northwest, Hassan district to
238-648: Is known for its dense forest cover and the exotic flora and fauna found there. It has three wildlife sanctuaries; Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary , Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary and Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary , one National Park; the Nagarahole National Park and the only private sanctuary of India; the SAI Sanctuary . Kodagu is home for species endemic to the Western Ghats. It has large tiger and elephant populations as well. As per
272-481: Is the Kaveri (Cauvery), which originates at Talakaveri , located on the eastern side of the Western Ghats, and with its tributaries, drains the greater part of Kodagu. Kodagu district receives majority of its rainfall from Southwest Monsoon winds. It is the 4th highest average annual rainfall receiving district in Karnataka . The amount of rainfall varies significantly due to the effects of El-nino and La-nina. In
306-1131: The Ayiri , who constitute the artisan caste; the Medas , who are basket and mat-weavers and act as drummers at feasts; the Binepatta , originally wandering musicians from Malabar, now farmers; and the Kavadi , cultivators settled in Yedenalknad (Virajpet). All these groups speak the Kodava language and conform generally to Kodava customs and dress. Less frequent are Tulu speakers Billavas , Mogaveeras , Bunts , Goud Saraswat Brahmins . The Arebhashe gowdas, or Kodagu Gowdas , and Tulu Gowdas, are an ethnic group of Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu. They live in Sulya (in Dakshina Kannada) and in parts of Somwarpet, Kushalanagar, Bhagamandala and Madikeri. They speak
340-531: The Himalayas , were only allowed to buy 12 acres so they came south to start the SAI (Save Animals Initiative) Sanctuary Trust. They bought around 55 acres of unused and abandoned land from the farmers who were not using it due to excess of rainfall in Kodagu district of Karnataka . They kept buying lands from farmers who were not using them. The land was used and farmers got money to repay their debts as their land
374-686: The Indian Administrative Service . The deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to the Karnataka Administrative Service . The Deputy Commissioner is also the Collector and District Magistrate of the district. The deputy commissioner/collector is assisted by assistant commissioners and tahsildars, who are incharge of subdivisions and taluks respectively. A Superintendent of Police (SP) , usually an officer belonging to
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#1732771912615408-797: The Indian Police Service (IPS), is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Karnataka Police Service and other Karnataka Police officials. Big cities like Bengaluru , Belagavi , Hubballi-Dharwad , Kalaburagi , Mangaluru and Mysuru are headed by a Commissioner of Police holding the rank of Additional Director General of Police(ADGP) for Bengaluru, Inspector General of Police (IGP) for Mysuru and Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi and Mangaluru. They are assisted by officers belonging to
442-724: The Karnataka Police Service (KSPS). A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service selected through the UPSC examination is responsible for managing the forests, the environment and wildlife of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Karnataka Forest Service selected through the KPSC examination. Sect-oral development is looked after by
476-707: The Nari Shakti Puraskar by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan . Kodagu district Vijayanagara : ( Origin . Empire . Musicological nonet . Medieval city . Military . Haridasa . Battle of Raichur . Battle of Talikota ) Sultanate : Dialects: ( Kundagannada . Havigannada . Arebhashe ) Jainism : ( In Karnataka . In North Karnataka . Jain Bunt ) Kodagu district ( Kodava: [koɖɐɡɨ] ) (also known by its former name Coorg )
510-525: The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 . The unified Mysore State was made up of ten districts, viz ., Bangalore , Kolar , Tumkur , Mandya , Mysore , Hassan , Chikkamagalur , Shimoga , Chitradurga , and Ballari which had been transferred from Madras Presidency to Mysore State earlier in 1953, when the new state of Andhra Pradesh was created out of Madras' northern districts. Coorg State became Kodagu district , South Canara
544-765: The 'Coorg Rebellion' by the British) started in 1837. Kodagu is rated as one of the top hill station destinations in India. Some of the most popular tourist attractions in Kodagu include Talakaveri, Bhagamandala, Nisargadhama, Abbey Falls , Dubare , Nagarahole National Park , Iruppu Falls , and the Tibetan Buddhist Golden Temple. List of districts of Karnataka The southern Indian state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, viz ., Belagavi , Bengaluru , Gulbarga , and Mysore . Geographically,
578-726: The Official Script Invented by Dr IM Muthanna in 1970. According to Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy (Karnataka's Kodava Literary Academy), apart from Kodavas, and their related groups, the Amma Kodavas , the Kodava Peggade (Kodagu Heggade) and the Kodava Maaple ( Kodava Muslims ), 18 other smaller-numbered ethnic groups speak Kodava Takk in and outside the district including the Iri ( Airi , or
612-909: The Virajpet constituency; they are from the Indian National Congress . Kodagu, formerly part of the Kodagu-Dakshina Kannada (Mangalore) constituency, is now part of the Mysore-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency parliamentary constituency. The current MP for this constituency is Shri Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar , from the Bharatiya Janata Party . The Codava National Council and Kodava Rashtriya Samiti are campaigning for autonomy to Kodagu district which would have made Coorg more prosperous and independent. The Kodavas were
646-461: The area is very large it is hard to keep track of the poachers. To counter this, they spread awareness about preserving wildlife and nature in schools and nearby villages. The wildlife on their sanctuary includes Bengal tigers , Asian elephants , wild boar , leopards , sambhar and the giant Malabar squirrel . On International Women's Day in 2017, she was in New Delhi where she was awarded
680-864: The carpenters and the village smiths), the Koyava , the Banna , the Kodagu Madivala (washermen), the Kodagu Hajama (barber, also called Nainda), the Kembatti Poleya (household servants and labourers) and the Meda (basket and mat weavers and drummers). Among other Kodava speaking communities are: the Heggades , cultivators from shimogga; the Kodava Nair , cultivators from Kerala State;
714-511: The colonial rule by the British in India was about exploitation of resources and Kodagu provided a lot of scope for economic benefits to a colonising empire. According to the 2011 census of India , Kodagu has a population of 554,519, roughly equal to the Solomon Islands or the US state of Wyoming . This ranks it 539 out of 640 districts in India in terms of population. The district has
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#1732771912615748-403: The earliest inhabitants and agriculturists in Kodagu, having lived there for centuries. Kodavas being a warrior community as well, they carried arms during times of war and had their own chieftains. The earliest mention about Coorg can be seen in the works those date back to Sangam period (300 BCE - 300 CE). The Ezhimala dynasty had jurisdiction over two Nadu s - The coastal Poozhinadu and
782-534: The elephant census of 2023, Kodagu with 1,013 elephants, had nearly one-sixth of total elephant population in Karnataka , second only to Chamarajanagar . Economy of Kodagu is dependent on agriculture. Major crops grown here are Paddy, Coffee , Rubber, Pepper, Cardamom, Coorg Oranges and Honey production. Tea, Ginger and Cocoa are also grown in smaller quantities. Kodagu is the largest Coffee and Pepper producing district in India . Karnataka produces nearly 70% of
816-637: The hilly eastern Karkanadu . According to the works of Sangam literature , Poozhinadu consisted much of the coastal belt between Mangalore and Kozhikode . Karkanadu consisted of Wayanad - Gudalur hilly region with parts of Kodagu (Coorg). The Haleri dynasty , an offshoot of the Keladi Nayakas , ruled Kodagu between 1600 and 1834. Later the British ruled Kodagu from 1834, after the Coorg War , until India's independence in 1947. A separate state (called Coorg State ) until then, in 1956 Kodagu
850-555: The landscape is the testimony of Muslim presence in the district. A small number of Mangalorean Catholics are also found in Coorg. They are mostly descended from those Konkani Catholics who fled the roundup and, later, captivity by Tippu Sultan . These immigrants were welcomed by Raja Veerarajendra (himself a former captive of Tippu Sultan, having escaped six years of captivity in 1788) who realising their usefulness and expertise as agriculturists, gave them lands and tax breaks and built
884-457: The north, Mysore district to the east, Kasaragod district of Kerala in west and Kannur district of Kerala to the southwest, and Wayanad district of Kerala to the south. It is a hilly district, the lowest elevation being 50 metres (160 ft) above sea-level near makutta . The highest peak, Tadiandamol , rises to 1,750 metres (5,740 ft), with Pushpagiri , the second highest, at 1,715 metres (5,627 ft). The main river in Kodagu
918-509: The state has three principal variants: the western coastal stretch , the hilly belt comprising the Western Ghats , and the plains , comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau . Karnataka took its present shape in 1956, when the former states of Mysore and Coorg were unified into a linguistically homogenous Kannada -speaking state along with agglomeration of districts of the former states of Bombay , Hyderabad , and Madras as part of
952-595: The total Coffee production in India , out of which 33% is contributed by Kodagu district alone. Also Kodagu produces nearly a quarter of India's Black Pepper. Two members of the legislative assembly are elected from Kodagu to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, one each from the Madikeri and Virajpet . Dr. Mantar Gowda represents the Madikeri constituency while A.S Ponnanna represents
986-417: The tree cover expanded, the animal and bird species increased. The flora includes hundreds of varieties of indigenous trees. The couple grow 10-12 acres of coffee and around 15 acres of cardamom . They are involved in organic farming . The sanctuary is off-grid and it runs completely on solar and alternate energy. It is a registered not-for-profit trust which runs on donations which get tax exemptions. As
1020-563: The vast majority. They include the Kodava people, other Kodava language speakers, Arebhashe Gowdas, Brahmins, most Yeravas and Kurubas. A huge minority of Muslims dot the Coorg district, especially the towns of Kushalnagar , Virajpet and Mercara . A sizeable of them are the Nawayaths who shifted in the eighties from Bhatkal and Murdeshwar in order to pursue coffee & arecanut plantations and textile business. The numerous mosque dotting
1054-434: The year 2018, Kodagu received 29% excess rainfall of 3,737 millimetres (147.1 in) , 3,040 millimetres (120 in) in 2019, 2,541 millimetres (100.0 in) in 2020, and 2,656 millimetres (104.6 in) in 2021. In the year 2022, Kodagu received 11% Above-Normal rainfall of 3,036 millimetres (119.5 in) . In the year 2023, it received 38% deficit rainfall of 1,690 millimetres (67 in) . Kodagu
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1088-418: Was idle. Gradually the 55 acre forest cover became larger and today covers 300 acres of the land. There were a lot of native trees there. The couple decided to retain those and follow three rules: no chopping down trees, no human interference and no poachers. The wildlife sanctuary started in 1991. After 23 years, they had transformed the 55 acres of barren land they bought in 1991 into a 300-acre sanctuary with
1122-556: Was merged with the Mysore State (now Karnataka ). In 1834, the East India Company annexed Kodagu into British India , after deposing Chikka Virarajendra of the Kodagu kingdom, as 'Coorg'. British rule led to the establishment of educational institutions, introduction of scientific coffee cultivation, better administration and improvement of the economy. This reference notwithstanding - we should remember that
1156-430: Was transferred from Madras State, North Canara , Dharwad , Belgaum , and Bijapur from Bombay State. Bidar , Gulbarga , and Raichur from Hyderabad State. The state received its new name of Karnataka in the year 1973. Currently there are demands to carve out the following district, A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner (DC), an officer belonging to
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