Badaga Blessings

One of the wonderful traditions that unfortunately is on the way out is seeking blessings of the elders. When a youngster meets an elder, the youngster bends down and offers his/her head (mandiya kodudhu) and will request, ” Aya / Hethai/Appa/Awae/Mamma/Mummy, KUMBIDICHU [bless me].

The elder, placing his/her right hand [or both hands] on top of the head of the youngster would bless [broadly] with the following words – footwear [kevaru / mettu]as well as the headgear [cap/kovili or turban / mandare] would be removed before blessings are sought / offered.

1. Ollithagi, ondhu saaviraagi, ko endu korasi, bo endu bokki, nooru thumbi, naadu jaradu, dheera p(b)oorana aagi, baddukki ba

[Let everything become good, let one become a thousand(wealth), let ‘ko’ be the call, let it boil as ‘bo’, let 100 (years) be completed, visit all [over] nation(s), be a great and enlightened person & come back with all these.

2. Ollitha Ethi, Hollava Thalli, Olagodho Ellava Geddu Ba

[Leave all that is bad, take all that is good , come back winning all/everything in this world]

3. Enna maathi / hennu, , sangatta salippu elladhe ollenge iru, paddipperi mundhuga hesarethi baa, hoppa dhari, Bappa Dhari yo, edinjillu elladhe ollange agili, Nee olagava hedithu ba !

[ Oh my son/daughter, let you live well without any disease or discomfort, let you become famous and may education take you forward, wherever you go, let there be no interruptions or hindrances and  may you come back safely. May you rule [lead] the nation (with your wisdom)]!

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7 Comments

  1. Sashikumar N.C. said,

    09/10/2007 at 9:07 am

    This is an excellent area. Even I had a doubt whether we lost the value of our traditional blessings. It enlivens and motivates young guys like us to follow such heavenly principles of life. Hats off to you for such a marvellous effort.

  2. gnanasekar said,

    23/04/2008 at 9:08 am

    pull aricharaaa (feels soo smooth)
    awesome……………………

  3. Divagar said,

    06/05/2008 at 11:05 am

    So, now I understand the complete meanings behind all the blessings I have got so far……gr8 !

  4. Karthick,Battagorai (Sundatti) said,

    01/09/2008 at 2:39 pm

    This is really good ….

  5. Sivakumar Raju said,

    13/10/2008 at 2:10 am

    Fabulous Effort..!!!!

  6. praveenkumar said,

    06/02/2009 at 4:12 pm

    This is very great job. Now I am also very interest to know abour our elders, and i am also traying to creat a website for our baduga community.

    Praveenkumar,
    Naihatty (Mekkunadu Seeme)

  7. Premnath devaraj (yedakadu ) said,

    27/06/2009 at 11:26 pm

    Good to know the meaning of such high values in our culture

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