Hattis
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Badagas, generally, refer to their village or hamlet as ‘ HATTI ‘ spread around ‘Nakku Betta’ (the Nigiris). Nakku Betta literaly means four (Nakku) Mountains (betta) though there are many hills around which the villages are located. It appears that initially when the Badagas established their hamlets, they took two very important factors into consideration. Being very environment conscious, they chose a) direction – always or to a very great extent facing the east [ 'Hothu (sun) uttua (rising) pakka (side)'] and b) water souce – near a stream (halla) or spring (huttu neeru).Every hatti had a ’suthugallu’ (sacred triangular shaped stone) at the base of a ‘bikka mara’ (tree) around which important meetings (Kootu) took place. For the most sacred of all Badaga festivals ‘Hethai Habba’ – always held on a monday (sovara), the collection of money (Hana kattodu) took place at the suthugallu in an eloborate ceremony on the preceeding friday (belli). Let me write about Hethai Habba in a separate article.
The houses of each village were laid out in rows, each row facing the east. The houses had common walls (Gode mane) possibly as a measure of security. Every house had exactly the same configuration of Bayilu (entrance), Nadu mane (central-living/dining room ),Oge mane (inner room) where cooking also takes place (kitchen) with a large beskatti (basket) above the hearth where drying takes place, Pillay (bathroom) and Ereh (a separate room adjacent to the bayilu). Of couse, there was an attic on top of beskatti( kitchen having a hearth) the entry to which is from the nadumane. Again, we will discuss about a typical badaga house separately.
A cluster of villages, which need not be close to each other, is called a ‘Seemay’.
This interesting piece of information is from the article of Indu K Mallah (also see the “ORIGIN” page) where she talks about how the ‘SEEMEs’ came to be formed :
It is said that during the reign of Tipu Sultan, seven brothers and their sister were living in a village called Badagahalli on the Talaimalai Hills near Mysore. One evening as the sister, who was a ravishing beauty, was busy making preparations for the milking of the cows as usual, one of the calves broke loose from the tree to which she had tied it . Not finding anything handy with which to tie it again, she uncoiled her long, luxuriant hair and held the calf back with it, while her brother milked the cow.
Legend has it that Tipu Sultan was riding in the vicinity and was witness to this sight. He was captivated by the sister and wanted to marry her. The brothers, who were staunch Hindus, disguised themselves and their sister, and fled by night to the Nilgiris. Legend has it too, that when they reached River Moyar, which is the northernmost limit of the Nilgiri District, their pursuers started to close in on them. The family is said to have placed a ‘Shivalingam’ on the ground, and prayed before it. The river Moyar is then said to have parted, and the refugees to have crossed over, while their pursuers were drowned by the closing waters.
The distinctive dress of the Badaga women is said to be the disguise adopted by them in flight, and the tattooing on their fore-heads and fore-arms, a measure taken to make them unattractive. Legend also has it that in their hurry, they forget to pickup a baby asleep in a cradle, and even today, as a reminder of that lapse, the more orthodox Badagas will not use a cradle for a baby. The brothers are said to have settled down near the present village of Bethelhada. After a short stay there, they separated and dispersed in different directions. The oldest brother told one of his younger brothers to follow a deer and build a village where it stopped. The younger brother followed his instructions and settled down in Kinnakorai, where the deer stopped. Another brother settled down in Koderi, yet another in Hubbathalai. These brothers where the founders of the Porangad division of the Badagas.
The establishing of three other ‘semais’ or divisions have interesting histories behind them. It is said that as one group of Badagas or Gowdas reached the Nilgiris, they took shelter in a forest and in their hurry to leave, left a baby behind, which crawled into a cave. A Toda who happened to pass by glimpsed the baby, and enticed it to came out, but it would not. He then went and brought his own child and sprinkled some roasted amaranth grains in front of it. As the Toda child started picking the grains, the Gowda baby joined him, and the Toda father brought him up and it is said that he is the founder of the ‘Thothanad’ division of the Badagas.
According to another account, two Gowda brothers arrived from Mysore and reached Nunthala. They were very hungry. The younger brother is said to have shot a pigeon, and to have roasted and eaten it, while the elder brother abstained. It is said that the vegetarian brother is the ‘Hethappa’, or ancestor of the Kundah Division of the Badagas, while the non-vegetarian brother, the founder of the Mekunad Division of the Badagas.
Though, so much is written and spoken about Badagas, it is a matter of great regret and concern that still the “EXACT” number of Badaga hattis is not known. The total number varies from 300 to 400. Though Rao Bahadur H.B. Ari Gowder is known to have sent his collegue HAIKA MATHI [literaly meaning horse man ]Joghee Gowder of Bygemandu, in 1940s and 1950s to all the villages to know about the problems of Badagas, unfortunately there are no written records traceable.
Prof. Paul Hockings may be one of the earliest to mention the number and names of the hattis in his books.
In a laudable effort, Mr. K.H.Madha Gowder edited “NAKKU BETTA” magazine, had attempted to record all the hattis in one of its issues in late 1970s. I take this opportunity to list the villages as mentioned in ‘Nakku Betta’ hoping any omission/ incorect mention will be brought out so that the same can be included. I have preferred to use the names as known to Badagas. For example, Jakkada for Jagathala or Manjidha for Manjithala or Pedduva for Pethala
I. ‘ Thodha Naadu Seeme ‘
(Supposed to be our “Dodda Ooru”. Also known as ‘Raja Padagiri Seeme’) The boundaries are from Solur to Kookkal Thore
1. Kada naadu 2. Kei Kauhatti 3. Baralatti 4. Kuntha Chappai {correct name given by KK Bellie} 5. Edu hatti 6. Kodu mudi 7. Thore hatti 8. Hanni Kore 9. Kavilorai 10. Kavaratti 11. Kara pillu 12. Kallatti 13. Soluru [Sholur] 14. Thalai male 15. Kengal 16. Bara mannu 17. Kengamudi [Kenguvamudi?]18. Ajjoor 19. Thatha benu 20. Kurumbedi 21. Alattane 22. Maasigan 23. Davane 24. Mynale 25. Moregallu 26. Kendore 27. Beragallu 28. Ullupatti 29. Hosa hatti 30.Batta kore 31. Mavu kallu 32. Malli gore 33. Thatneri 34. Panju mora 35. Bikke Kandi 36. Bekkodu 37. Kokkulu 38. Bendatti 39. Osa hatti 40. Bana hatti 41. Honnadale 42. Thegili 43. Omeyaratti 44. Jakkalorai 45. Madithore 46. Thummanada 47. Kappachi 48. Muguttuva 49. Nelli Mandu 50. Karakkallu 51. Nanja nadu 52. Ode hatti 53. Melur 54. Akoni 55. Kada sole 56. Hosa hatti 57. Poose kunnur 58. Konagatti 59. Ebbanad [Ebbu nadu?] 60. Kagguchi 61. Kalingana hatti 62. Kookal 63. Seegola 64. Aalatti 65. Mel Kau hatti 66. Kambatti 67. Thummanatti 68. Billi kambai 69. Thooneri 70. Ooru malai 71. Mara kallu 72. Kuruthu kuli 73. Hullathi 74. Bikkatti 75. Athi kallu 76. Thattaneri (Repeat?) 77. Osa hatti (repeat?) 78. Motha kambe 79. Moragutti 80. Jeenatti 81. Bikke mora hatti 82. Uyilatti 83.Kookal Thore 84. Melatti 85. Nadu hatti 86.Thambatti
(What I have mentioned as repeat – may be there are two [H]Osa hattis ?)
Badaga Villages with a cover of mist – seen from Akoni
II. ‘Porangadu Seeme’
Also known as ” Aaila Baila Seeme ” ( Porangadu 19 Ooru ). From ‘Hubbathalai‘ to ‘Hulivare‘ constitute the boundaries.
(Peria) Hubbathalai (Hatti)
Mel Bikkatti
Kil Bikkatti
1. Thatha Nadu 2. Ora sole 3. Gundada 4. Pudiyangi 5. Marle Kambe 6. Batta Kore 7. Arakkambe 8. Mel Ane hatti 9. Kil Ane hatti 10. Dhimbatti 11. Kada kodu 12. Sippili kambe 13. Kanneri mookku 14. Ali Ooru [Hayoor?]15. Are hatti 16. Samil Dittu [Thanks to Bellie Sundaram Krishnamoorthy for giving the correct name] 17. Jakkalode 18. Kade kambatti 19. Kappatti 20. Kanneri 21. Nara giri 22. kunni hatti 23. Beraganni 24. Sundatti 25. Selakkore 26. Ker bettu 27. Betlada 28. Bendatti 29. Meedenu 30. Ker kambe 31. Lilli hatti 32. Bamudi 33. Neduguva 34. Bandime 35. Kodamale 36. Pedduva 37. Baiyangi 38. Kallatti 39. Hakkeru 40. Yeda palli 41. Eethore 42. Bettatti 43. Osatti 44. Katta bettu 45. Hubbathale Ooru 46.Honnore 47. Attave 48. Natta kallu 49. Kerbennu 50. Kathigatti 51. Eruppu kallu 52. Pudu mandu 53. Thotha mokke 54. Keraiyada 55. Jakkanare 56. Sakkatha 57. Kesalada 58. Aravenu 59. Thumbooru 60. Kallada 61. Bangalada 62. Thinni ooru 63. (H)Onnatti 64. Thooneri 65. Sulli goodu 66. Edukkore 67. Kengare 68. Hullathatti 69. Kottuvana hatti 70. Mel Odenu 71. Kil Odenu 72. Banni ooru 73. Bebbenu 74. Konavakore 75. Kakkul 76. Dhabba kambe 77. Thogalatti 78. Denadu 79. Ane ode 80. Thalore 81. Yettkallu 82. Odeyaru hatti 83. Mudia kambe 84. Selave 85. Kurukkathi 86. Kavilore 87. Selakore 88. Kottanalli 89. Thumbi male 90. Jakka kombe 91. Avvur 92. Bellada 93. Osatti (repeat?) 94. Embimora hatti 95. Bikkatti 96. Bagumudi 97. Dhodda mane hatti 98. Kagakkuthore 99. Koon sole 100. Jakkada 101.Odanatti 102.Bearatti 103. Malliore 104. Kakakore 105. Kil Bikkatti 106. Mel Bikkatti 107. Hubbathale Hatti 108. Kari mora 109. Kechigatti 110. Nadu hatti 111. Bettatti (repeat?) 112. Manjida ( recently added ) 113. Hayoor [Bellie Sundaram Krishnamoorthy feels this is same as 14.Ali Ooru - I fully agree. Hayoor or [H]Ali Ooru mean the same – Old Village]
III. ‘ Mekku Nadu Seeme ‘
Also known as ‘ Asala Bisalagiri Seemay ‘ and (Meekunadu Seeme 9 Ooru).
Limits from Ketti to Keeyur
halattanai to which i belong to is the head hatti (oor) for keeyur haru hatti which includes denadu, mainalay, kothiben, masikandi, bengal and kokkalada inturn the keeyur comes under mekku nadu seemae (info from Dr.Bellukutty Sudhakar).Thanks to Dennadu Raman Bhojan (Bhoju) there is this interesting bit of news about DENAADU. Though it belongs to MEKKUNAADU SEEMAY, it forms a group of six villages called KIGOORU- KEEYUR (Kiloor). Denaadu people do not, usually, marry from the 33 + 6 [kigooru] villages of Mekkunaadu. Most of the marriages are from/to KUNDHAY SEEMAY, though of late, marriages have taken place from Villages belonging to PORANGAADU SEEMAY – like for example, Jakkadha (Jaghathala) of Aarooru (Jakkadha, Bearhatty, Karakorai, Mel Bikkatti, Kiya Bikkatti, Manjidha) group
Ketti (Mountain Railway track in the foreground)
Porore Hatti
1. Porore 2. Sogathore 3. Sakkalatti 4. Kethore 5. Denale 6. Dhoddani 7. Kil Odayaratti 8. Kodangatti 9. Kekkatti 10. Emakkatti 11. Ker kandi 12. Ellanalli 13.Hullada 14. Ketti Ooru 15. Achanakal 16. Halada 17. Theda hatti 18. De hatti 19. Sora gundu 20. Kerada 21. Ken Kundhe 22. Kammandu 23. Mel Odayaratti 24. Thambatti 25. Adikaratti 26. Ane hatti 27. Mutti nadu 28. Oranai (Kattery) 29. Kattery 30. Nadu hatti 31.Thooratti 32. Kenduva 33. Koderi 34. Mel Koderi 35. Oor thittu 36. Allattane 37. Manja kambe 38. Denadu 39. Mynale 40. Kokkalada 41. Maasi kandi 42. Bengal 43. Kothi ben 44. Hulikkal 45. Panne bennu 46. Melur 47. Attu Bayilu 48. Porthi 49. Bembatti 50. Belitho 51. Ithalar 52. Pudugatti 53.Thodhale 54. Dhodda appukodu 55. Umar kandi 56. Angidi hatti 57. Byge mandu 58. Osatti 59. Kallakore 60. kariyalbe 61. Nunduva 62. Muduguva 63. Balakore 64. Meekeru 65. Manu hatti 65. Thangadu 66. Oranai 67. Kanneri 68. Mandhane 69. Godalatti 70. Bikol 71. Kasole 72. Mel Osatti 73. Kil Osatti 74. Haraguchi 75. Bellada 76. Nai hatti 77. Are hatti 78. Aadakore (Thulidale)
IV. ‘ Kundhe Seeme ‘
Also known as ‘ Eera Jilla Seeme ‘
1. Kinnakore 2. Osatti 3. Bikkatti 4. Hiriya Seege 5. Mel Kundhe 6. Attu Mannu 7. Mulli Male 8. Nadu hatti 9. Kechigatti 10. Kerabadu 11. karia male 12. Kandi bikke 13. Manjooru 14. Mani Kallu 15. Kil Kundhe 16. Thooneri 17. Matta Kandi 18. Bakore 19. Mullegooru 20. Osa hatti 21. Bikkatti 22. Kunjanare 23. Gundinaali 24. Mukki Male 25. Gai kandi 26. Edakkadu Thale hatti 27. Edakkadu Nadu hatti 28. Sundatti
Added :
1. Kora Kundhe 2. Emarald (thanks to rajunandha )
3. Hayoor (which is next to Kannerimukku in Kotagiri (thanks to mithun matha dharmaraj )
4. Thorajada 5. Kombukorai (thanks to N Bellie )
6. Thambatti added to ‘Thodha Naadu Seeme’ (thanks to Jagadeesh)
This is Ganesan Lingan from Porthy Village Mekku Nadu seeme.
I just gone thru the Badagas website to know our hatties and seeme’s, I saw all the hattis and seems in one place and really enjoyed reading each and every hattis. I would say this is definitely Great effort! And really appreciate able.
I just wanted to you know that Emerald is not a badaga village( as per my knowledge) and fully occupied by other communities except one or two badgas having provisional stores and houses along with that,. So please request you the remove the Emerald from our hatti list.
And also I found Osa Attu Bayilu (New Attu bayilu near kai kandi) missing from Meeku nadu.
There are two Attu Bayilu one is Palliya (old) Attu bayliu and other one Osa attu Bayliu.
Also Bigada missing from Thodha nadu Seeme (not sure about seeme).This village spotting near Ithalar… This is a beautiful very tiny village located in center of the tea estates.
Kindly write/comment to tell me about any ommissions & corrections at bjaypee@gmail.com
No articles, images and other material in this website can be reproduced without the written permission of
Wing Commander Bellie Jayaprakash B.E.(GCT,Madras Univ).,M.B.A (FMS, Delhi Univ)
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Mookuthi 
Chinna 
View from Akoni 
Hubbathalai 
Hakkilu Hoo [Bird Flower] found in the Nilgiri Hills
Sunrise from my home "Dhoddi" at Hubbathalai 
Tiger is Huli in Badaga
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Mithun Matha Dharmaraj said,
27/11/2006 at 6:46 pm
This is definitely a good work.
I would like to notify you of the omission of the hatti named Hayoor which is next to Kannerimukku in Kotagiri.
Bellie Jayaprakash said,
01/12/2006 at 10:43 am
Hello Mirhun,
Thank you. Hayoor has been added now.
Ramachandran R said,
05/01/2007 at 7:16 am
Shantoor does not come under any of the hatti/seemae.
This is one of the place where people from Ketti seemae
and nearby villages who have converted to Christianity live.
Now there are many other people who live there. This is
one of the Christian mission centres founded very early in the Nilgiris.
This is because Badaga villages do not take any outsider
other than the badagas who live by the traditions of Hethai.
May be we ignore this as a hatti.
Bellie Jayaprakash said,
05/01/2007 at 12:06 pm
Hello Ramachandran,
Santhoor was added because Rajunandha recommended in his post in Badaga.org.
Earlier, N Bellie has also taken strong objection to Santhoor being included. He writes in his post “In Badaga Hatties, Shantoor was added as a Badaga Hatti. But Shantoor is not a Badaga Hatti. There only non badagas live, and it is a small bazaar in Ketti.
Anyhow Badaga Christians are living in two hamlets nearby Shantoor and they are known as THORAJADA and KOMBUKORAI. Kindly note this error, and delete Shantoor from Badaga Hatties list ”
Yes, I agree that Santhoor should not be included.
So , should we add Thorajada & Kombukorai ?
N Bellie said,
06/01/2007 at 10:48 am
Eventhough people living in the following hattis are Christians, they are also Badagas.
In my opinion KOMBUKORAI and THORAJADA may be included in Badaga Hatties list.
Bellie Jayaprakash said,
06/01/2007 at 11:19 am
Hello Bellie,
I agree with you.
NEETHI RAM said,
28/01/2007 at 10:41 am
Till today I didnot know to which SEEMAE my hatti – SUDATTI -belonged to….now I know that it belongs to PORANGADU SEEMAE.
JR.Krrishnamurthy said,
15/03/2007 at 4:58 am
I am from a village on the way to kil kotagiri(sholurmattam) named as HONNATTY which is not shown in the above list.
JP said,
16/03/2007 at 4:59 pm
JRK writes again to say [S.No.63 under Porangadu Seeme] Onnatti is Honnatty.
manjula said,
20/03/2007 at 3:01 pm
Simply nice……
Bellie Jayaprakash said,
20/03/2007 at 4:08 pm
hi manjula, thank you. I have also sent you an email
jagadeesh said,
21/03/2007 at 9:17 am
Good work. Thambatty comes under ‘Thodha naadu seeme’
Bellie Jayaprakash said,
21/03/2007 at 12:15 pm
Thank you Jagadeesh. Thambatty has been added to “Thodha Naadu Seeme”
manju said,
17/04/2007 at 6:45 pm
superbbb
sangeetha murali said,
27/04/2007 at 12:37 pm
Thank you, now I know my seemai is Thodha Naadu
Magesh Chandran said,
18/05/2007 at 6:29 am
I am from Akoni Village,I have never before seen our village with this much of beauty. The Photos are really superb.Nice job
belliegbabu said,
25/05/2007 at 6:05 pm
Anehatty(near Adigaratty), Mekunad Seeme, Kunna Manihatty (90 mane)
I spent a lot of time going through the pages today and gained a lot of knowledge about our history.
Bellie Gandhi Babu – Meeckeru-Meckunad
Bellie Sundaram Krishnamoorthy said,
08/06/2007 at 5:15 pm
I have just visited this page after three months gap. Surprised to see all the development and wide range of coverage. Really wonderful work. Nowadays this site is becoming like a dictionary for our badaga community. I kindly request you to check the following.
In my opinion, in Porangadu seeme, 14. Ali ooru and 113. Hayoor are same. 16. Sayil dittu should be corrected as Samil dhittu.
Bellie Jayaprakash said,
10/06/2007 at 4:12 am
Thank you very much B.S.Krishnamoorthy from GENEVA.
I have made the necessary corrections.
It is only due to such encouraging words like yours that motivate me to do more.
Karthick kukkal said,
11/07/2007 at 12:59 pm
your work is very nice and try to find the number of hattis ….Above seen images are simply superb…..
Ramesh Mathan said,
20/07/2007 at 2:39 pm
It’s a great effort. I really appreciate the work u folks put in developing this site, and making things lively. I am Ramesh Mathan belongs to Thumbimalai hutty, Kil-kotagiri area. I am working in London, United Kingdom as a Software Engineer.
Let me come to my point. I have read many articles regarding the Badaga and European connection. The Y-chromosome DNA marker test on the badagas has resulted in the badagas belonging to the R1a and specifically R1a1 Haplogroup. Moreover, few percentages of people in Central and east part of Europe also belong to R1a1 Haplogroup.
Is this true? It’s surprising. I spend most of my recent times thinking on this topic. I started hunting for information from different web sites to know more about this, and trying to get something out of it. It would be more interesting if we get closer and dig more on this. Being in Europe now, to get underway, I am preparing myself to know more about R1a1 Haplogroup people who live in Europe, and study their culture and life style. The outcome would help us to compare and research on how we relate to them. I strongly believe that as deeper we go, we may get lot more facts; hope these combination of real facts would form a principle.
Any advice is highly appreciated.
My email Id: rameshmathan@gmail.com
Bellie Jayaprakash said,
20/07/2007 at 3:00 pm
Thank you Ramesh. I am thrilled that my website is being visited and appreciated by people living far and near.
grishan said,
31/07/2007 at 4:50 pm
congrats and all the best – grishan kil hosatty
preethy said,
09/08/2007 at 9:27 am
excellent job
Sashikumar N.C. said,
09/10/2007 at 10:15 am
You forgot to add Annikorai in Thothanadu seemai. Annikorai has good identification oiver the nilgiri villages and it comes under the thothanadu seemai. I am surprised, how you have missed it from the classification.
Also if you are able to list the villages within seemais alphabetically, identification will become much easy. You have taken an excellent initiative to make this website a great online traditions library. My sincere appreciations, love and prayers.
Hi Sashi,
I have not forgotten ‘ANNIKORAI’, it is mentioned as ‘HANNI KORE’ [No.8 under ‘Thodha Nadhu Seeme’. As I have mentioned in the article, the hattis are mentioned as they are known and referred to by Badagas. For example, ‘Jakkada’ is ‘Jegathala’ – JP
Sampath said,
10/11/2007 at 3:09 pm
You have done a good job.Though I am a baduga I know of only few hutties. Now I suprised to see hundreds of hutties here.This is very useful for us to know about other hutties. I belong to Bearhatty.
Wg.Cdr. JP adds: Though born and brought up at Hubbathalai, my hatti is also BEARHATTI
Sendhil Halan said,
18/01/2008 at 3:28 am
Please include Hallaty in Thodhanadu seemai..This is between Kadanadu and Dhavanai.
JP adds: Please see S.No.64 . Halatty is listed as Allatty
Bharathi Mathan said,
26/03/2008 at 2:52 pm
You have done a good job.I think you have not heard about our village. The name of the village is “Uyilatty”; its really a beautiful hatty.I would be happy to see the pictures ; articles of our village.
JP comments > Thank you. I have heard about your hatti [see s.no.82 under Thodha Naadu Seame] but not seen it so far. Will visit soon. Prof.Paul Hockings feels that UYILATTI means a hamlet beyond boundary [UGAL HATTI]. As I keep requesting youngsters like you to send me pictures and articles about your village [by checking with the elders of the hatti you may gather some interesting titbits] and I will definitely publish them with due credit to the author.
MANOHARAN AJJAN said,
18/04/2008 at 7:47 am
The efforts taken for this website is outstanding & simply superb.Proud & lucky to born in Badaga Community. But at the same time i felt little ashame of myself because being a badaga i have learnt lots of informations (badagas origin, history)only thru this website.Really thanks for all the kind hearted persons who have shown their interest in creating this website. My advise to all young generations to spread our good community to everywhere in this world.
After all Iam a kind of person who simply die for the old songs ie.songs sung by the legends Mr.Beratha Bellie & Mr.Kurudu Kada.I love those songs and sometime i listen to the savu songs sung by Beratha Bellie when iam in a depressed mood.Ofcourse me too a moderate singer.TNKS TNKS & TNKS for giving a excellent songs which cannot be fogettable ever in my life.
BE GOOD , DO GOOD & HELP OTHERS !
TNKS / MANOHARAN AJJAN FROM BANGALORE
Rajesh said,
12/05/2008 at 10:43 am
Very good, Ennga Makanadu seemai..Sholur Kottatty
Rajesh said,
12/05/2008 at 10:45 am
hello friends any body in Thummanada Village….
Rajesh said,
12/05/2008 at 10:53 am
Sholur A part of 6 atti
1.Kottatty
2.Oorahatty
3.Bakodai
4.Bikkaikandai
5.Hossaity
6.Thatanary
My village is Sholur Kottatty It’s a very beauti Village..
Rajesh said,
12/05/2008 at 11:02 am
Ooty to sholur 20 km.. Way of Gudalur Main Road, Santinalla(7th mail) First Right Turn.Go to Stright Road..
Our Featival are
1.Bookapuram Mari amman(Apr or March)
2.Madheswara Temple(After I week Monday)
3.Kaliamma Temple(Next day Tuesday)
4.Kulliappan Temple(Kottatty)- Next week Tuesday
5.Hethai amman Temple – Dec Month
6.Devaabba – July
These Festival on our Atta Pattu.. Nanga Atta Badagaru Atta
Gokul said,
26/05/2008 at 4:30 am
In Thodha Naadu Seeme – Sholur name has spelled with wrong name [Refer this 13. Soluru ] . Pls change this to Sholur.
As I had mentioned ( “I have preferred to use the names as known to Badagas. For example, Jakkada for Jagathala or Manjida for Manjithala or Pedduva for Pethala “)
I have given the names of our villages as called [pronounced] by Badgas. However I have given SHOLUR within brackets as you have desired -JP
D.Magesh said,
31/05/2008 at 11:00 am
I am from Ebbanad.
In Thodha Naadu Seemae- Ebbanad is given as [59] Ebbunadu and Kengamudi as[17] Kenguvamudi. Pls change this to Ebbanad and Kengamudi. And also I have one more doubt [ref 84.Melatti] in which seemae is this hatti situated?
I would like say a few words about my village. Ebbanad is temple village of Nilgiris. The people of Ebbanad and Kengamudi belong to Meekunadu seemae but we are living in Thodha nadu seemae.
our festival are
1.Hethai Habba
2.beerumuku easwarer temple(one of the famous temples)
3.annigatti mariamman(one of the famous temple)
4.jedaya somi abba
5.theva abba(bana gudi)
6.kalli amman
7.vinayager temple
8.saneeswarer temple
9.heriodayan temple
ashok kumar said,
15/07/2008 at 1:50 pm
This is amazing. I am really proud to be a Badaga. I wish this website gets more developed .
Lingaraj R said,
17/08/2008 at 4:22 pm
I just search badaga in google; I found this amazing and superb website; I got more infomation about our culture and community.
Special thanks to Mr. Bellie Jayaprakash for his kind effort for our community; I am very proud of him, who is nearby my village, Pororaihatty. Now I am in Coimbatore.
I am very happy to viewing my hatty ( porore) photo there in Mekkunadu seemae list.
karthi_ucan said,
09/09/2008 at 11:01 am
try to update….really very nice website ….. keep it up
RAMANI NANDAKUMAR said,
12/10/2008 at 2:50 pm
Awesome, PROUD [to have been] BORN AS BADAGA.
Anand Rajbelli said,
17/10/2008 at 5:06 pm
Wavooooo,,,,amazing i came to know so many things,which i was not aware till date.Sometimes i wonder y badaga???but now i realized the sweet part of it.Thank You so much.
Nandha Kishore Thesingh said,
26/10/2008 at 12:18 pm
Awesome piece of work…so much information is available out here…proud to be a badaga…
Bellie K K said,
12/11/2008 at 6:46 am
Mr. Bellie Jayaprakash, your service is great, thank you.
bellie.k.k. said,
29/11/2008 at 6:31 am
Kundeh Soppe – please change as kunthachappai
Anand B Raju said,
18/12/2008 at 5:22 am
very nice work! appreciate all the efforts!
srinivasan said,
20/12/2008 at 6:26 pm
I am from Hubbathalai, this is nice work about our community,we should appreciate this beautiful work, my village is a beautiful village and I am proud of my VILLAGE,please visit our village during HETHAI HABBA and RAM HABBA,
mlle_sumathi halan said,
22/12/2008 at 8:44 pm
It seems like the village “Hubbathalai” has something special & some special people seem to belong to Hubbathalai. !!!!
Any other updates about this unique village ??
Keep rocking Hubbathalai people. !!!
Manjoor Rasa said,
08/01/2009 at 8:36 am
Reproduced from another page
மஞ்சூர் ராசா, on December 11th, 2008
காய்கண்டி (காந்தி கண்டி) சமீபத்தில் கட்டப்பட்ட (1950) ஹட்டி என்று சொல்லப்படுகிறது. காய்கண்டிக்கு அருகில் இருக்கும் மேல் அட்டுபாயிலு தான் மிகவும் சமீபத்தில் உருவாக்கப்பட்ட ஹட்டியாகும்.
எமரால்டு டேமுக்கு கீழ் பகுதியில் இருந்த இந்த ஹட்டியானது வெள்ளத்தால் பல முறை பாதிப்படைந்த காரணத்தினால், புதிய இடத்திற்கு மாற்றப்பட்டு புதிய ஹட்டியாக உருவானது.
Translation of the above letter :
Gai Kandi (Gandhi Kandi) village – hatti is said to be newly built (1950). But the village very close to Gai Kandi , ATTU BAILU, is the one which was created very recently.
This village which was below Emarald Dam was affected by floods many times and hence was relocated to a new place.
PRAVEEN KUMAR said,
21/01/2009 at 12:23 am
U have done a great job. Its simply Superbbb. Pls try to upload all Baduga Songs with downloading options.
I m very interested to listening baduga melodies songs.
M. Praveen Kumar
Naihatty (Mekku Nadu).
E-mail : praveenmoorthyk@gmail.com.
Gopenath said,
03/02/2009 at 10:43 pm
DEAR JP UNCLE COULD YOU DO SOMETHING TO FIND OUT THE PRESENT STATISTICS OF OUR POPULATION????????? WE ARE IN NEED OF THAT………….
Regards
Gopenath.
Arunan said,
27/02/2009 at 7:33 am
hi friends i wanna any hatti newly created outside India. also any badugas living in canada ple inform me….
balakrishnan said,
28/02/2009 at 5:00 pm
Realy good work . I’m born in Hubbathalai, so ,I am very proud of it .Its simply Superb. Special thanks to Wg Cdr Bellie Jayaprakash .
M.Suresh (Jagathala) said,
26/03/2009 at 4:47 pm
Very interesting one is this web site for badagas , I really welcome this and thanking you all for giving this much information on this site ,,, but no information is given about jagathala , please add the details about Jagathala
Ganeshamoorthy said,
04/04/2009 at 3:59 pm
I am a native of Honnathalai. and I was amazed about the facts mentioned in this website. All badaga’s should thank you for the superb work done by you Mr. Bellie Jayaprakash. I’m really a fan of the badaga songs, why don’t you add the download option for the songs, it may be helpful for some one like me. Please publish about the festivals of baduga’s including Hethai Amman.
Anand Ramachandran (Muttinadu) said,
04/04/2009 at 11:31 pm
This is the the first time I am visitingthis site, really I wondered. It took 5 hours to go through this site, you have done a fantastic job. Its just like a bible for our next generation. Thanks for your commitment!
mlle_sumathi said,
07/04/2009 at 9:13 pm
As we keep telling you its a super website for the coming generations . I was really happy that someone from my native hamlet is also here.
Hello Anand, My father has also spent his childhood in Muttinadu as his parents belong to muttinadu.
Kamal said,
10/04/2009 at 5:42 pm
Being Badaga, I’m not sure about many things…. This site has given me much information that I’m not aware off…Hearty thanks.
ranjith said,
23/04/2009 at 11:01 pm
Great work dude… really suprised seeing such a great website with almost all the details of BADUGA history
Rajmani said,
22/05/2009 at 6:15 pm
please read our village as ‘KAVILORAI‘ instead of kavilore.
Dheepu Sivayogi said,
23/06/2009 at 6:04 pm
Excellent Effort, I will appreciate your efforts, how can I add my hatti (Sakkalatty),can somebody help me regarding this.
Kannan said,
07/07/2009 at 7:59 pm
simply super
Ramji( Ramesh) Manjoor said,
17/07/2009 at 6:43 pm
W.C. JP annaga namaskara!
This is the site with huge information about our Badaga community is really superb. Excellent and great work,
visiting our website is good experience and happy feelings.
There is no word to tell our happiness thanks anna
NINGAGA APPARA NANDRI NANDRI NANDRI
kannan.d said,
18/07/2009 at 11:35 pm
This is the the 10th time I am visiting this site, really I wondered. It took 2 hours to go through this site, you have done a fantastic job. Its just like a bible for our next generation. Thanks for your commitment.
great indian ———————– great badagas
Pororai hatti is a small and very beautiful hatty in the nilgiris.In this Pororai boys are very nice and cute persons.
Mathesh B.R. said,
19/07/2009 at 4:48 pm
This website is very useful to know all the details of badgas. In this website upload some badga newsongs
Ramji( Ramesh) Manjoor said,
23/07/2009 at 2:11 pm
Thanks for inserting my commens in the site within a week. Everyday I’m visiting this site and spending at least an hour.
Hearing our badagsongs and reading new information give lovely feeling and to forgot our worries for certain period of time.
This is my small request (suggestion) that if you can add the names important personality of Hatties (Oor Thalaivars) and contact numbers will be very helpful to our community, also put festival details of hatties, which will be helpful to interested fellow brothers & sisters who all are missing due to working in abroad.
Thanks
Ramji( Ramesh) Manjoor said,
24/07/2009 at 10:44 pm
Of course we are brothers from Manajoor. Actually i’m Ramesh Balraj.
I appreciate your responsible reply. The ‘one man effort’ of your services to our community is really excellent and hardwork.
My request to all IT professionals brothers & sisters our community, who are interested to join their hands with you and extend their support to our Badaga community……your efforts will be highly appreciated.
Vikram Raj N.S (Thangadu, Horanally) said,
14/08/2009 at 4:02 pm
I have got lot of information about us which is really amazing. Hats off for your precious effort.
srithar madhavan said,
17/08/2009 at 11:48 am
I am elementary schoolmate of Mr.Srinivasan from Baduga community. The later father’s name is Mr.Raman, Sr.Position in the TNEB. Mr.Raman uncle may have retired from TNEB Service now. I want to contact my friend Srinivasan now. We lost contact since 1979. My self, Srinivasan and Babu, studied together in Kethai called as pegumbagalla camp of Ooty District during 1973-1979.
saritha(ketti-soraigundu) said,
18/08/2009 at 4:55 pm
Really its quite interesting to see our community history and only after seeing this web site, I have come to know a lot about Badagas..it will be very useful for youngsters and others to know about the community and its wide network for those to get in touch worldwide
senthil murugan said,
07/09/2009 at 3:59 pm
I am from sholur Thalaimalai Village im first time visit this web site This site has given me much information that I’m not aware off…Hearty thanks.
B.Gowrishankar said,
15/09/2009 at 4:57 pm
I’m a Badaga guy.. I’m very happy to be a Badaga. I’m very happy to say that our culture is coming in the internet and I’m also interested in this kind of things very much……
aravind said,
19/10/2009 at 11:10 am
bAdAGa rOCks>> pRouD tO bE a bAdUga>>>>>
Naveen.R said,
30/10/2009 at 10:31 pm
I am from Ketti (Kammandu village). Really proud to be a badaga, because there is only GAVA! GAVA! (available)
Sathish Bellan said,
04/11/2009 at 11:54 pm
I am so happy to see that I am dancing in that video, yes its me! I am the one who dancing in the second row 1st. I am so proud to be a Badaga and I really appreciate those who created this website, thousands of thanks for them.
Ramji( Ramesh) Manjoor said,
06/11/2009 at 3:45 pm
Dear JP,
I regret that I could not to meet or call on you during my visit to India because of my personal commitments. I will make it possible to meet you in my next visit.My heartiest wishes to you and your team and well wishers, who helped to growth of this site.