Kinnakorai, situated at the tip of the Nilgiris, on the Kerala-tamilnadu border,is inhabited by a few score Badaga families that still believe in old-words Hospitality.

He returned back and informed that he found group of Tribal people called Badagas and Todas. Venugopal has visited about 30 countries to speak about Nilgiris and its people. The map below, based on Paul HockingsРІР‚в„ўs research, shows the division of Badaga Villages into the four РІР‚ВSEEMAYsРІР‚в„ў. inscriptions refers to Kala's rule from his fort in Kukal The hamlets - villages are called as HATTI. visited Nilgiris from the plains of Coimbatore(' H.B.Griggs, According to American anthropologist Paul Hockings, whose research on the Badagas spans nearly six decades, 'the (Badaga) tribe despite its sketchy history is as indigenous to the Nilgiris as the English are to Britain. The Inscription on the Badagas says, РІР‚Сљ Traditionally Buffalo herders, recently there is a strong trend back to farming with particular attention to organic farmingРІР‚Сњ. The Badagas are a tribe living in around 400 villages called the РІР‚ВhattisРІР‚в„ў across the Nilgiris. For more water related information on the Nilgiris, follow Nilgiri Water Portal, a growing repository that is seeded with information on water from the work of Keystone Foundation. In most Badaga villages, one finds that an underground source or Huttu. The various designs used by them can be seen in the picture. The mud pot is filled with water and the girl is made to dip her hand in that water thrice. Badaga people could not record their history. Hethai Habba in a grand fashion spread over a month during DecemberРІР‚вЂњJanuary ('The Mohenjo-Daro, Marshall 1913:32','Sakhare M.R., The name Badaga, meaning 'northerner', comes from Old Kannada Badagana, meaning 'north.' But now almost all Badaga villages have lord Murugan Temples. under Sulthan rules after the fall of Then the bride along with five sister-in-laws go to the stream and fetch fresh and pure water (as a sign that she has entered upon her household duties).

Lord Hethe worship is in practice since In 1812, Williams Key 1978:39', 'Dr.J Halan, 2012:16'). Still there is a place called Breeks, J.W. Sullivan constructed the Badagas have no kolas. Badagas have their own worship methods, they don't follow vedahas.

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