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Hockey Brings Joy To Flood-Ravaged Kodava Families

April 27, 2019Records, All, Sportsadmin

Terming the decision to drop the traditional Kodava family hockey tournament this year in the wake of last year’s natural calamity that ravaged Kodagu district as a wrong move, Kodagu Press Club President Ajjamada Ramesh Kuttappa has regretted that the 22-year-old record of the tournament has been broken.

The annual Kodava Hockey Festival, which is usually held in the months of April and May every year, was called off for 2019 by Kodava Hockey Academy and Mukkatira family as floods ravaged the district. The month-long tournament was supposed to be hosted by Mukkatira family and was scheduled to be held at Balugodu Kodava Samaja grounds. The hockey festival in 2020 will be hosted by the Mukkatira family followed by Adengada family in 2021.

Kuttappa was speaking as the chief guest at the Invitational Hockey Tournament organised by Kakkabe’s Highland Club for flood-affected families at General K.S. Thimayya Stadium near Napoklu Cheriyaparambu recently.

Regretting that the Kodava Hockey Academy has lost its existence by failing to host Kodava Family Hockey Tournament that was being organised for the past 22 years without a break, he lauded Kakkabe Highland Club for hosting the tournament which has brought some joy to flood-ravaged families.

Kodava Hockey Academy Vice-President Kaliyanda Nanaiah, who spoke after inaugurating the tournament, said that Kodagu is home to hockey festivals and several sports personalities from the district have made a mark in international tournaments.

He thanked the organisers for hosting the tournament for families ravaged by the natural calamity that stuck Kodagu last year. Bhagamandala Bhagandeshwara Temple Committee President Biddatanda Thammaiah and Nadikerianda Tej Poovaiah too spoke. Highland Club President Apparanda Sagar Ganapathy presided. Shambhu Mandappa, Harish Poovaiah, Manu Somaiah, Aruna Baby, Dr. Poovaiah, Raghu Somaiah and others were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / April 27th, 2019

Civil judge (senior division) court in Ponnampet

April 26, 2019Business & Economy, Leaders, Records, Alladmin

The High Court has given its nod to start the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) in Ponnampet as Ponnampet will be upgraded as taluk centre.

The court will operate from the second floor of the court complex in Ponnampet, said Bar Association President S D Kaverappa.

Stating that the court will function from the first week of May, he said that the necessary furniture is being provided at the new court. The people of the four hoblis can avail the facility of the court.

Till now, people from Ponnampet, Balele, Hudikeri and Srimangala attended Virajpet court for their legal necessities. In future, they can approach the Ponnampet court.

Association secretary M D Rakesh, vice president K D Muttappa, joint secretary B R Vinod, senior lawyers Maneyapanda Nanaiah, K M Ganapathy and Ajjikuttira K Poonaccha were present.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DH News Service, Gonikoppal / April 24th, 2019

All eyes on counting of votes now

April 26, 2019About Kodagu / Coorg, Records, Alladmin

Women voters show inked fingers after casting their votes in the Maoist-infested Vanachalu polling booth in Madikeri taluk on Thursday. DH photo

The calculations about who will be elected from Kodagu-Mysuru Lok Sabha seat, which have started with the electoral fortunes of candidates being sealed in electronic voting machines (EVMs) after the election on Thursday, will continue till the votes are counted on May 23.

The calculations on who will win or lose is being done on the basis of votes cast at booth level. Owing to a tough competition between the BJP and the Congress-JD(S) coalition in the constituency, both the parties have gone out of their way to woo the voters.

A voter turnout of 68.82 percent was registered in Mysuru-Kodagu constituency. Kodagu district has recorded a voting of 74.67%. The voting percentage in the 2014 parliamentary elections in the district was 71.88. Thus, the voter turnout has witnessed an increase by 2.79% when compared to the previous election.

Out of 2,21,157 voters in Madikeri Legislative Assembly constituency, 1,69,725 people have cast their vote, registering a voting percentage of 76.74. Of the total 2,19,573 voters in Virajpet Assembly constituency, 1,59,387 people have exercised their franchise (72.58%).

In 2014, 1,55,682 out of 2,10,819 people had cast their vote in Madikeri Assembly constituency. The voting percentage was 73.84. In Virajpet, 1,45,752 out of 2,08,514 voters had exercised their franchise in 2014. The voting percentage was 69.90.

There is an increase of 21,397 voters this time, compared to 2014. As many as 27,678 additional votes have been cast in this election. The BJP candidate had obtained a lead of 32,000 votes during the previous Lok Sabha election.

The question on whether the margin will decrease or increase due to the coalition of JD(S) and Congress parties, will be known when the counting of votes begins.

Kudos to PWD voters

As many as 3,022 out of 3,076 PWD (persons with disabilities) voters have exercised their duty, drawing appreciation from all sides. The percentage of voting by the PWD is a whopping 98.24.

The good turnout of PWDs has been attributed to the free vehicle facility provided by the district administration.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by Adithya K A / DH News Service, Madikeri / April 20th, 2019

Study centre on Jewish seer in Attur

April 26, 2019Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Leaders, Records, All, World Opinionadmin

Followers of Jewish seer Itamar Oren Narada Muni from Israel perform prayers at the tomb of the seer, located in Attur village in Ponnampet on Wednesday.

The commemoration of Jewish seer Itamar Oren Narada Muni was observed at the seer’s memorial in Attur village in Ponnampet on Wednesday.

Donors of the land, Kuppanada Raja and Chaya Nanjappa on whose farm the memorial is located, announced that a study centre will be established in two acres of land near the tomb of Itamar Oren Narada Muni.

The centre will be devoted to the purpose of strengthening the relationship between India and Israel.

Speaking on the occasion, Rashtriya Swayam Sevaka Sangha Saha Karyavaha Mukund said that both India and Israel have been the targets of terrorism. The two countries should come up with a united strategy to fight terror. While India has been working on peacebuilding in South Asia, Israel has been striving to instil peace in Arab countries. The motto behind the efforts of both countries is the same.

Sessions were held on the topics, ‘Challenges Before India and Israel in Improving their bond’ and ‘Improving the bond between India and Israel on Cultural and Economic Fronts’.

The sessions were moderated by Swami Dayananda, Swami Vijnananda and Itamar Theodore. Immanuel, Sankar Sanu, Ravikumar, Satya Bansal, Tapan Ghosh, Michelle Harrison and Rajani Sareen took part.

Homage was paid to the seer on the occasion. Vedic chants were recited.

Followers of Itamar Oren Narada Muni performed prayers.

ADGP Bhaskar Rao, actor Malavika, VHP National Joint Secretary Vijnanand and RSS Prant Pravahak Giridhar Upadhyaya were present.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DH News Service, Ponnampet / April 24th, 2019

Smiles are back in Kodagu’s tottering hospitality sector

April 26, 2019Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Business & Economy, Records, Alladmin

Tourists at Kodagu, the best known hill station in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM

After last year’s landslides, hotels and resorts in the coffee land saw 100 per cent occupancy for the first time this weekend.

After a gap of almost a year, hotels and resorts in Kodagu, which is back on its feet after last year’s worst-ever floods and landslides, have registered 100% occupancy.

The hospitality sector was badly hit since the tragedy in the district and it took almost a year for the industry to witness tourists coming in droves to the land of coffee.

Hotels and resorts in Kodagu have about 6,000 rooms, and almost all of them had been occupied since Friday. “We need to remember this weekend forever as it gave a new lease of life to the hotel industry, which was in a miserable state with tourists staying away from the hill station. This had forced many promoters to put up their hotels for sale,” said Nagendra Prasad, President, Kodagu Hotels, Restaurants and Resorts Association.

He told The Hindu that about 30,000 people are directly employed in the tourism industry in Kodagu of which the hospitality sector accounts for about 6,000 employees. As many as one lakh people are indirectly dependent on the industry for their livelihood. “People can breathe easy if tourism thrives in Kodagu. If weather permits, the season can be extended till June first week before the monsoon sets in,” he observed.

One of the reasons for the increase in footfall was the end of exams, and also elections in this part of the region. People visit the hill stations to beat the heat. But, this time, even Kodagu has not been spared with the temperature hovering around 32 degree Celsius, which is high by Kodagu’s standards, according to the stakeholders.

“Some parts of Kodagu had rains over the last week. A few more spells of rains will cool the coffee land, making it comfortable for visitors. After June, the season starts only in October for Dasara vacation. So, we are keeping our fingers crossed and expecting the season in May to be better,” said Mr. Prasad.

Unconfirmed statistics put the number of rooms in home-stays at 20,000. Kodagu alone has 4,000 of them. If rooms in hotels and resorts are added, Kodagu has over 30,000 rooms. All these used to get filled up before floods struck the land, the stakeholders said.

Worrying times
Though the hill station had recovered from the natural calamity, tourism had not picked up despite efforts from both the government as well as the stakeholders. The hospitality sector was unable to cope with the loss of business.

“We had been telling throughout the year that Kodagu is safe to visit. The turnout since Friday showed people believed in what we said,” said Mr. Prasad.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Shankar Bennur / Mysuru – April 22nd, 2019

Kodagu Swimmer Heads For Malaysian Event

April 22, 2019Records, All, Sports, World Opinionadmin

Baduvamanda Aditya Bopanna will be representing India in the 62nd Malaysia Open Swimming Championship to be held from April 24 to 28 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Competing in National and State Swimming events, Aditya Bopanna has been training since age six and specialises in backstroke and freestyle sprint events.

Representing Karnataka and a winner of many national medals in various swimming events, Bopanna trains at the Nettakallappa Aquatic Centre in Bengaluru. He is currently pursuing his Second PUC at Vijaya College, Bengaluru.

Probably he is the first Kodava swimmer to represent India at an international event. Aditya is the son of Baduvamanda Cariappa and Sapna of Pollibetta in Virajpet. Aditya Bopanna excels in studies too and has scored 80.6 percent in Class 10 CBSE. For Aditya, getting this percentage after swimming and studying together is actually pretty good. “I squeeze in the free time I get during swimming for studies and I study almost every day after my swimming classes. Swimming has taken most of my life and has become a part of me now,” he says

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / April 22nd, 2019

Coorg Hockey Championship And Champions League Trophy Tournaments Begin

April 22, 2019Records, All, Sportsadmin

Kodava family Coorg Championship Hockey Championship and Kodava Champions League Trophy Tournaments, organised by ‘Hockey Coorg’ commenced at Kakotuparambu Government Primary School Grounds yesterday. Earlier to that, special puja was performed at Kalabhyrava Temple.

Former International Hockey Karnataka General Secretary Dr. A. Subbaiah inaugurated the Tourney by lighting the traditional lamp. Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Forum President Col. (Retd.) K. Subbaiah launched both the Tourneys simultaneously by hitting the ball with a hockey stick.

Speaking on the occasion, A. Subbaiah expressed pride to represent the family in the tourney and asked all families to participate with enthusiasm. Recalling the contribution of Kodagu district to hockey, he desired that many more should enter the national level.

Continuing, Subbaiah said that five sportspersons have joined the National Training Camp and added that M. Leelavati had joined the women’s team and three girls have joined the junior team.

Commending the sportspersons, he asked parents to encourage their children to take up sports. He lauded the organisers in launching the Hockey Tourney despite the flood havoc in Kodagu in the recent past because of which Kodava families had decided not to stage the Hockey Tourney.

Forum President Col. (Retd.) K. Subbaiah said that the spirit of the participating players should be on line with that of Olympics but advised players to focus on quality-based game to be appreciated by sports lovers.

Kakotuparambu Sports and Recreation Club President M. Chinnappa recalled that several Kodava families were engaged in playing hockey matches for the last 22 years which was started by P. Kuttani.

Tourney Committee Working President M.P. Subbaiah expressed pride in announcing that international player A. Subbaiah was his protege.

Hockey Coorg Vice-President P. Lavakumar, Partha Chengappa, M. Pemmaiah, Treasurer I. Lala Ayyanna, Technical Committee Head N. Pavan, Joint Secretaries Divya Mutthappa, K. Roshan, Sports Committee Vice-President M. Ravi Pemmaiah, Convenor B. Partha Chengappa, Tourney Head M. Subbaiah, Secretary B. Chengappa, A. Chengappa and others were present.

Totally 139 Kodava families have registered for the Tourney. For the Champions Trophy, 10 invited teams have been selected. The matches will go on till May 7 in two fields.

For the Champions Trophy, the first match was played between Kaliyanda and Jeppudira teams with the latter beating the former who are the defending champions surprising everybody.

Kodagu Hindu Football Tourney

In the Kodagu Hindu Football Tourney organised by Kodagu Hindu Malayali Samaja at Government Primary School Grounds in Gonikoppal yesterday, Maragodu Vaishnavi (A) and Mathrubhoomi teams entered the semi-final. In the quarter finals, Vaishnavi (A) team beat Ammatti Nehru team by 1-0 while Mathrubhoomi team defeated Cauvery Friends by 1-0.

In the valedictory this evening, International Athlete P.M. Thimmaiah, Shaurya Chakra winner H.N. Mahesh, district award-winning journalist S. Kishore Nachappa, H.K. Jagadish, Youth Sportspersons T.B. Ashwini and K.S. Aishwarya will be felicitated.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / April 22nd, 2019

When General Thimayya’s Grandson Comes Calling At ‘Sunny Side’

April 20, 2019Amazing Feats, Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Inspiration / Positive News and Features, Leaders, Records, All, Uncategorized, World Opinionadmin

Madikeri:

‘Sunny Side’, General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya’s house in Madikeri that is being converted into a museum and a war memorial, had a special moment last week when the celebrated General’s grandson Kongetira Belliappa visited the museum.

‘Sunny Side’ is located on G.T. Road in Madikeri and it is being renovated at an estimated cost of Rs. 6 crore. Belliappa is the son of Thimayya’s daughter Mireille, who married Maj. Gen. Kongetira M. Chengappa.

Visiting the museum that earlier functioned as RTO Office for the first time, Belliappa went around the museum and saw his grandfather’s photos, memorabilia and other artefacts. Stopping in front of some of the photographs, he turned emotional, recollecting the service of General Thimayya who was known as the “Soldier’s General.”

Some of the photographs portrayed the legendary General’s brilliant strategies and daring that have set the standard for professional soldiering and leadership. Belliappa appreciated the collection of photographs, artefacts and other items related to the Indian Army at the museum.

Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa-General K.S. Thimayya Forum Convenor Major Biddanda A. Nanjappa, who is instrumental in setting up the museum and the war memorial, explained the museum and its various sections.

Providing a detailed account of how General Thimayya inspired his soldiers to carry parts of Army Tanks up to a height of 12,000 feet snow-clad mountains of Zojila Pass — one of the highest Passes in the world — when Pakistan planned to annex Kashmir by force during their offensive of 1947-48, Nanjappa told Belliappa that it was a daring move and the Pakistan army ran away after seeing the Tanks staring at them. The parts of Tanks were carried up the mountains overnight and were assembled by early morning of Nov. 1, 1948.

The very appearance of the Tanks utterly dampened the morale of the bewildered Pakistanis who either fled or were vanquished. Once Zojila was taken, the road to Kargil was reopened and Ladakh was safe. Ultimately, on Nov. 24 Kargil was re-taken. Thus the unofficial 1st Indo-Pak War (and perhaps the longest and toughest of them all) ended in success owing to the bold, shrewd and relentless pursuit led by Gen. Thimayya, explained Nanjappa.

Nanjappa then requested Belliappa to hand over certain items that belonged to General Thimayya that is in possession of the family to be kept in the museum.

Art works featuring the valour of Indian soldiers on the battlefield will occupy the centre stage at ‘Sunny Side.’ Other main attractions of the museum will be the articles used by Gen. Thimayya, military uniforms, books and information on Indian Army, Navy and Air Force.

Apart from an Army Tank, weapons that were used by the soldiers of Indian Army in the past during many operations have been donated to the museum.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / April 20th, 2019

Brigadier K.M. Cariappa And Cricketer Denis Compton: An Anecdote

April 18, 2019Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg, Leaders, Records, All, Sports, World Opinionadmin

Sir,

In the current Reader’s Digest [April] there is an interesting article on Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, who was known to be a strict disciplinarian and I have heard of one the anecdotes that illustrates this.

During my school days in Bangalore in the early 1940s, my father told me of an incident involving the then Brigadier Cariappa and England’s Double International (Football and Cricket) Denis Compton.

During the Second World War (1939 to 1945), Denis Compton was stationed with the British Army at Mhow. Somewhere during that period Compton visited Bangalore with an Army Cricket Team. Brigadier Cariappa, the seniormost Army Officer then in Bangalore, had arranged a cricket match between the Army Team and what was perhaps a Mysore State Team.

Because of Compton’s reputation as a star English batsman, guests including school children had been invited to watch the match. My father, Dr. V. Subrahmanyan, who was then Professor of Biochemistry at the Indian Institute of Science, was one of the invitees. Unfortunately for the spectators and the Army Team, Denis Compton was dismissed cheaply, very early in the match.

In sheer disgust, Compton flung his bat away and started to walk back towards the tents where the players and the guests were assembled. But he had reckoned without Brigadier Cariappa who would have none of this.

The Brigadier was on his feet in seconds and stopped the boy who was running to retrieve Compton’s bat. Then, in his best Parade Ground voice he shouted at Compton “What do you think you are doing? Go and pick up your bat.” Compton stopped in his tracks, took one look at the tall gaunt figure and meekly went back to do the needful.

I do not know if Denis Compton played again in Bangalore. The Army did allow him to play for the Holkar Ranji Trophy Team in 1945. In the Finals against Bombay, Compton scored a brilliant 249 not out. But Holkar lost because this innings was overshadowed by Vijay Merchant’s 279 not out in the same match.

– S. Sundaram, Yadavagiri, 10.4.2019

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source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Voice of the Reader / April 2019

Charita tops Kodagu in II PUC exams

April 17, 2019Education, Records, Alladmin

Students rejoice after checking their results in the II PU examinations in their college on Tuesday.

N Charita Poonaccha has emerged topper in Kodagu in II the PU Science stream, scoring 584 marks (97.33%).

Charita is a student of Vidyaniketana PU College, Gonikoppa.

B D Vidyashree of St Joseph PU College, Madikeri, has stood second in the district with a total of 582 (97%) and T N Vaishnavi of St Annamma PU College, Virajpet, has secured the third position with 581 (96.83%).

In Commerce, Safwana from St Joseph Girls’ Composite PU College, Madikeri, has scored 588 (98%) to secure in the first position.

B C Janith, student of Vidyaniketana PU College is the second topper with 584 marks (97.33%). A S Poovamma from St Mary’s Composite PU College is in the third position with total marks of 583 (97.17%).

In Arts, K P Sanjiv of Government PU College, Palibetta, has topped the district with 565 marks (94.17%). S K Divya of Government PU College, Shirangala, has secured the second position with 542 marks (90.33%) while N C Chetan from the same college has scored 540 marks (90.10%) and is in the third place.

Government PU College, Sampaje; St Mary’s Composite PU College, Somwarpet; Shantamalla PU College, Virajpet; and Lions PU College, Gonikoppa; have achieved 100% results.

Somwarpet taluk has got 86.71%, Virajpet has 84.59% and Madikeri has 84.49% results in the district.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by Adithya K A / DH News Service, Madikeri / April 16th, 2019

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