A lot of people ask me, "Why Coorg?". Amongst these people are mostly Kodavas. So I thought of answering this question through the blog so that it reaches a wider audience.
My acquaintance with Coorg started in 2010 when I came to be friends with a few Kodavas. I had heard of Coorg before but only from the perspective of tourism. Till the time I met the people of Coorg, it was just like any other hill station to me.
What spiked my interest in Coorg was the evident pride that Kodavas display. I was captivated by the fierce love for their motherland that they portrayed, which in turn led me to ask my friends about their culture and traditions. Though some of them knew about their culture well, I still felt there were a lot of missing pieces.
The curiosity mixed with my passion for history drove me to read books published about Coorg by British historians and archaeologists as early as the 1800s. During this phase, I learnt a lot about Coorg and the Kodava culture and thought of sharing it with fellow enthusiasts and the blog was born.
To sum it up, though I'm not a Kodava, I want to do my bit in saving the Kodava culture and that is the main reason why I have been putting together all the information I can find. Hope I have been of some help thus far. Keep reading!
