Category: kodagu
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Chiriapanda Kushalappa Uthappa (Umesh)
CK Umesh Uthappa is son of the legendary businessman and freedom fighter CP Kushalappa, founder of Ramakrishna Rice Mills, Ponnampet, Kodagu (established in 1944 and still running today by CK Umesh Uthappa). CK Umesh Uthappa follows illustriously in the steps of his legendary father and is president of Ponnampet Town Bank, Cauvery College, Nyaya Peeta…
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Neravanda Ganga Muthappa
Neravanda Ganga Muthappa (tha mane Bollachettira) was born on 13th May 1919 . She spent most of her life in Balamuri, Kodagu and practiced agriculture and ran the family estate for a major portion of her life. She was married to Neravanda Muthappa, who won the Karnataka state award for best teacher and headmaster and…
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Bollachettira Mandanna Muthanna (Gappu)
BM Muthanna (Gappu) was born on 23-12-1921 and died on 13-5-2015. He was a planter and he stayed at home in Balamuri, Kodagu, his entire life. He was trained by his uncle Appachu and was a master of reciting poems especially by Sarvajna and had good memories of early days in Balamuri, Kodagu.
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Bollachettira Mandanna Appachu
BM Appachu was born on 17-11-1936 in Balamuri, Kodagu. Along with his parents, he was raised in his childhood by his uncle Achaiah who was a scholar who told him numerous stories and legends about Balamuri and Kodagu that he is now teaching his grandchildren. BM Appachu is the last living member from pre-independence India…
Thakk - Memories of our ancestors 