Rare Photos

On the unique BADAGA community of the Nilgiris in Southern India…their origin, language, culture and customs !!

Website of Wing commander Bellie Jayaprakash that is regularly updated and more info added

New Photos added on 20-07-09

The following photos are from Thurston’s Book “Castes and Tribes of South India” published in 1909 by Government of India Press, Madras

Badaga Temple

Badaga Temple - This must be one of the oldest Badaga temples as the photo was published in 1909. The deity of this temple? Also, notice the elephant, horse and the snake on the outer wall. Any guess as to where this temple is located??

Madivale

Madivale

Badaga girls in 1909 or earlier

Badaga girls in 1909 or earlier. At first glance it appears as those these girls are wearing 'pattu - head gear'.Take a closer look, their heads have been partially shaved. Did this signify any particular custom or period in the lives of these very young girls. No info available in Thurston's book

Fire Making by Badagas -1909

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Two little Badaga Girls on the cover
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The picture of a Badaga Man [see the Badagaru Seele he has wrapped around that has distintive borders and has not changed in centuries ].

(From ” Badagas and Irulas of Nilgiris(MGMB Vol.II No.I) - by Thurston . E)

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(From ” Badagas and Irulas of Nilgiris(MGMB Vol.II No.I) - by Thurston . E)

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Kundeh Ketchigatti Hetthe & Ayya (VaNa KaNa Family)
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Do not forget to see the pages [links] shown on the right like Hattis, Hethai, Rare photos, Recipes etc >>>> for more of BADAGA –>–>–>–>–>–>

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This website is dedicated to the memory of the Great Badaga Leader

Rao Bahadur H B Ari Gowder

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Photo by Royal Geographical Society

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This photo taken in 1908, while showing many men shows only two women. Notice the roof of the house in the background- the complete absence of tiles (Odu)

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page from CUSTOMS OF THE WORLD

BY WALTER HUTCHINSON 1931

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The title of this pic(1919) on ebay sale “A badaga with four wives “. Really ??

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The Native tribals of Nilgiris including a Badaga (but who??)

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Badaga Temple (1873) made out of grass called ‘Hullu Gudi’

From www.adivasi-tee-projekt.org/GAL-02B.HTM


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Badagas, in their DHODDA KUPPACHA (a flowing gown like attire) dancing to Kota music.

Photo drawing from : ‘Counsel from the Ancients – A study of Badaga Proverbs, Prayers, Omens and Curses’

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Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder [Hubbathalai]with his bride Gauri [Jakkadha] – 1920

(Notice the typical Badaga Jewellery the bride is wearing)

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Badaga gathering

(I have no idea about the occasion or the exact place and date at which this photo was taken. From Rao Bahadur Ari Gowder family archieves)

Edha Mane

Hubbathalai Hatti Dhodda Mane

( Ths is the view of Edha Mane or Inner room. All the edha manes were of the same design in typical Badaga Homes in olden days)

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Rao Bahadur Bellie Gowder with British Engineers and workers at Bridge No.33 between Coonoor & Mettupalayam. Bellie Gowder was involved in laying the Nilgiri Mountain Raiway, now WORLD HERITAGE, a hundred years ago. He was conferred with the title RAO BAHADUR for carrying out the excellent but challenging contract work of building this unique railway system in inhospitable forest area that also involved in cutting tunnels through rocky hills as well as building many bridges with sheer guts. He employed human power to lift the racks & rails and remove the rocks and boulders. Many of his workers were BADAGAS who addressed Bellie Gowder as BELLIE MAISTRY

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Rao Bahadur Bellie Gowder became very famous after help laying the Nilgiri Mountain Railway between Ooty & Mettupalayam and British Officilas who visited Nilgiris accepted his invitation to come to his house in Hubbathal Village. This photo taken on 27-12-1934 shows the water tank & “Mel Tharas” (upper street houses) of Hubbathalai

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Rao Bahadur HJ Bellie Gowder with boy scouts of Hubbathai School which he built (1929)

Rao Bahadur Bellie Gowder with his grand sons (1929)

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Rao Bahadur Bellie Gowder’s wife Mrs. Nanji Hethe with the wife of British Governor of Madras in 1930s.

( This photo was taken at Hubbathalai Hatti when the Governor along with his wife had paid a visit on Rao Bahadur Bellie Gowder’s invitation to open the first school built by Bellie Gowder. The British guest was presented with the lock – made of pure gold – that he unlocked to open the school building)

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Nanji Hethe with one of the sisters of Rao Bahadur Bellie Gowder

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Nanji Hethe with her first grand daughter Radha [daughter of Mrs.Kade Idyammal (Photo taken about 65 years back)

This colour painting of Mrs.Gauri Ammal, wife of Rao Bahadur Ari Gowder, was done by a British Painter in 1917(?). Photo by Bellie Jayaprakash


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This photo taken in 1927 of (15 years old) Kade - later on Mrs.Idyammal, daughter of Rao Bahadur H J Bellie Gowder & sister of Rao Bahadur H B Ari Gowder with her husband Mr.B K Bellie Gowder (Beratti)

[Parents of the author of this website Bellie Jayaprakash]

Mr.B.K. Bellie Gowder was one of the few educated Badagas who studied upto VIII in St.Antony’s School, Coonoor and completed his SSLC (School Final) from St.Michael’s High School, Coimbatore in early 1900s. There was no ‘regular’ high schools in Nilgiris in those days.

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Mr.BK Bellie Gowder in 1969 (just before his death).

Water Colour painting by his son, Bellie Jayaprakash (that is me)

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Mrs. (Kade) Idyammal, now 96 years old.

(Photo taken on her birthday on 02-09-2006 -probably one of the oldest Badaga ladies).

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Young Men Badaga Association 1941 – 42

[ photo courtesy ; Badaga Welfare Association, Madras -Silver Jubilee & Rao Bahadur H B Ari Gowder Centenary Celebations souvenir 1993 ]

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Kerbet Madha Gowder

Kerbetta Madha Gowder – Probably the only Badaga who wears the turban like a sikh. Incidentally, he is very fluent in ARABIC and teaches many muslims from Nilgiris who go to Haj

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Late Janaki Ammal, right extreme in the first photo, [wife of late Ari Kari Gowder of Hubbathalai]

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Late Kerban Bella Gowder, One of the golden Voices of Badagas, whose rendering of SAVU songs can make even the stone hearted to cry

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HJBG’s sister

Rao Bahadur HJ Bellie Gowder’s sister -photo taken abt 80 years back

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Drawing &photos- from Paul Hockings’ books ‘Counsel from the Ancients: A Study of Badaga Proverbs, Prayers, Omens and curses’ and ‘Mortuary rituals…’

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These rare photos are also displayed  at :

http://www.freewebs.com/badaga/rarephotographs.htm

Please visit there for a rare glimpse

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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78 Comments

  1. Sivakumar said,

    Its great to see these rare collections. Keep up your good work.

  2. Mala Krishnan said,

    An effort that needs an applause. Great job. Please keep the good work so that the present generation like me would know how my ancestors lived.

    JP adds: Thank you, Mala. Aren’t you surprised that Badaga (both people & language) is one of the most researched topics in the WORLD ?

  3. Dr Ramakrishnan said,

    Your site is great. I am sure your efforts will enlighten people like me about our past and our ancestors. It is a good way to felicitate the great people who managed so much with so little.

  4. Naveen S said,

    Priceless pictures; some of them very interesting. It is like an online museum :) Keep up the great work!

    JP adds: Thanks a lot, Naveen. Your encouraging words are indeed great motivators.

  5. gokula krishnan said,

    This is great.I love to see more.

    http://www.afaanimationindia.com

  6. Haldurai Raman said,

    Impressive …!I ‘m excited to see these pics. Thanks for organising the contents and providing the links for all related sites. Nice work…! May God bless you with good health and long life to keep up the good work.

    JP adds : Thank you ever so much for your truly encouraging words. May God also bless people like you who have big hearts to pray for others. Thanks once again.

  7. N Bellie said,

    Great! Great!! GREAT EFFORT. INFORMATIVE TO ALL BADAGAS. Keep it up.

  8. Meenatchi said,

    Wonderful collection of articles about our culture. I was wondering if there was any effort being made to conserve our culture and traditions. I see a lot of disturbing customs like dowry and such starting to develop that are not ours and are starting to kill our system. Yours is a great effort and keep up the great work. Would love to see more in future. I have some videos of hettai abba that I’ll post a link to very soon.


    JP adds: Hello Meenatchi, As I have always claimed elsewhere, we Badagas are slowly losing our identity as simple, straight forward and strong believers of our great traditions.

    Anyway, it is the encouraging words from people like you that make me more determined to do something for our community that was initiated by my grand father Rao Bahadur Bellie Gowda and uncle Rao Bahadur Ari Gowda.

    I will be grateful if you can send me the vedio link to Hethai Habba.

  9. Kasthuri said,

    Great work!
    Very much informative for the current generation like mine. Keep Going!

  10. Bellie Jayaprakash said,

    Thank you Kasthuri.
    If younger generation like yours can appreciate this website, then I can claim that I have achieved something.

  11. Ravi Balraj said,

    Great Effort
    I am very excited to see these pics.There is no words to write my feelings. Great Work.
    Ninga Makkai Hattiga Obba Idhalai Pothu, Nanga Baduga Samthayava Munthuga Ethi Bappathuga!!
    Great Job.
    Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Keeeeeeeeeep It UP.

  12. JP said,

    Thank you Ravi,
    Hope people like you will join me in making our great community keep its glorious culture and customs.

  13. R.SANJIV RAJ said,

    The picture collections are excellent…I really appreciate …Good job, I wish you all the best.

  14. JP said,

    Thank you Sanjiv,
    This site is an ‘one man’ effort to do something for the community.
    Proud to be a Badaga & Proud to be an Indian.

  15. NEETHI RAM said,

    It is really interesting (to see these photos). I am a Badaga. Happy to see my great community online. I too would like to do something for my community. NA ELLA GU VENDI KEETOOMBUDU ENANDALAE NANGA GOSU MATU ADUNEGA BADUGUDEGE AADU VO…..EKANDALAE NANGA MATTU TA AA MATA ADUDHUGA MUDADHARA…..ELLANDALAE NANGA VODA NANGA BADAGU SAMUDAYAVEA MUDUDHU OOITRA…..

  16. Badugu Thamma said,

    Really super…. Photo gallery… technology marileyu.. nanga kalachara marule… i am very proud to say this…
    Comment by Badugu Thamma

    Bellie Jayaprakash adds:
    Thank you very much, Badugu Thamma.
    How wonderful it would be if every Badaga keeps/retains a typical Badaga name, say like Bhoja/Bella or Kaade/Kaangi, so as to maintain ‘nanga kalachara’ !!

  17. Magesh Chandran said,

    I ‘m excited to see these pics.
    Thanks for organising the contents and providing the links for all related sites. Nice work…!
    May God bless you with good health and long life to keep up the good work.

  18. JP said,

    Thank you Magesh,
    May Hethai’s blessings be showered on all!

  19. Logesh said,

    Excellent collections! please keep it growing..!!

  20. Premnath Bojan said,

    Excellent work…These pictures are memorable……………..

  21. sathishkumar,n.h. said,

    I am excited to see these pics. Great collection of rare photos, history and description of Badagas.

  22. ramesh said,

    Really nice sein such old memories (photos). recollecting my oldern days with my grandpa & grandma….
    but one question….what about the present snaps and collections ?

  23. shanmugamraju said,

    Its really a wonderful work…….belive me, being faraway from home the website gives me a feeling that world is too small..I have no words to express my feeling I go thru when I’m on the site.It has been a every day rotuine to just go thru.

  24. JP said,

    Hi, ALL YOU FOLKS who have such kind and encouraging words to say.
    I feel really humbled. Hope with all your kind cooperation, we will bring back the great glorious days of our Hethes & Ayas.

    Ramesh, more present day snaps & articles will appear soon. Some have already been put on other pages like ‘Recipes, Jewellery’ etc

    Hi Shanmugamraju, thanks again for those wonderful sentiments.

  25. prakash said,

    i am impressed,very impressed,you made me home sick………i am far away from home.will wait for more to come from you.

    JP adds: Thank you Prakash, encouraging words like yours,are the motivating factor to give more. Hope to add more …pretty soon !

  26. Bellie Jayaprakash said,

    Thank you Prakash, encouraging words like yours,are the motivating factor to give more. Hope to add more …pretty soon !

  27. NAGULAN jOGHEE said,

    This is an excellent useful site.. The coverage appears to be arround Ketti Villages mostly.. Spread your wings to all parts of Nilgiris and this will become a rare site ever made

    Kudos to all involved !!!

  28. Bellie Jayaprakash said,

    Thank you Nagulan joghee,

    This site is an ‘one man effort’….unfortunately not many come forward with their contributions about Badaga. Earlier one Surendran also complained about this site being ‘too Hubbathalai based’.

    Hope to ’spread my wings to all parts of Nilgiris’ and add more and more.

    Incidentally, if you go through the page on ‘Badaga Jewellery’, I have mentioned about Kothiben (Bengal Mattam) Karuppi Hethe & Kadaga during one of my ’spreading wings towards Kundhe’

  29. manju said,

    GOOD JOB …………

  30. Rajesh said,

    First time seeing this. Feeling happy to see this.
    great job.

  31. Naveen Krishnan said,

    I am speechless to see my ancestors in their traditional setup . Thats great.

  32. Karthick Boja Subramani said,

    This is great.Thanks a lot for all this info.Keep up you great work.

  33. Nithya Priya Jagdish Halan said,

    Hats off to your efforts in building this wonderful site! The above pics are excellent.Cheers :)

  34. H.R.Eswarran said,

    Grrrrreat work…So happy to see all the photos and really proud of Hubbathalai as I to belong to the same village. Hats off to you.

  35. DINESH said,

    PROUD TO BE AN BADAGA

  36. DINESH THUMMANATTY said,

    NICE COLLECTIONS

  37. rakeshbabu said,

    This is great thing …..I love all this photos..which are valuable

  38. Karthick kukkal said,

    Very surprising to see these things..Please give information about kukkal Hethai….

  39. vaniaravind said,

    This is really wonderful and we would like to congratulate on bringing out these rare photographs of our community which would help us to teach the generations to come in a long way. Real good work. Hats off.

  40. Jayanth said,

    A real visual treat. Great to see these pictures. They are truly priceless. My early childhood and education was in the Nilgiris. I have travelled by the train many times. Great to see the pictures of the railways.

  41. Rajeshkumar Maniraj said,

    I was very much impressed to see the GOOD-OLD PRECIOUS photographs and our acheivements in those olden days. Proud to be a badaga

  42. KARTHIKEYAN NATARAJAN said,

    REALLY ITS AMAZING AS IM OUTSIDE INDIA THESE KIND OF INFOS KEEP ME WITHIN MY HATTY…..THANKS A LOT

  43. Rajkumar Joghee said,

    …..ITS GREAT TO SEE THESE RARE PHOTOS. IT WILL BE BETTER IF WE CAN KEEP UP THE SAME SPIRIT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFEGAURDING OUR CULTURE…..WELL DONE…….

  44. Sashikumar N.C. said,

    Its extremely stunning and taking us centuries back. I am getting too emotional seeing all these. It’s simply exciting. Hats off to you…

  45. Ganesan L said,

    It is an open library for Badaga comunnity and I learnt a lot from this. It is so exciting to know about our community. I know a lot of effort put by you guys, it is simply great and phenominal research by you, and the collections of photos are amazing.Hats off to you……

    JP adds: Thank you, this site is the effort of only one guy and not many guys

  46. vivek kumar said,

    oh… i never saw such gr8 photos in my life. be proud 2 b a BADAGA….

  47. sudhagar said,

    very happy to see our ayya & hethai

  48. VENU GOPAL.A.C said,

    Hi, I saw the above site and it is really interesting. I am a badaga living in chennai,i saw some rare pictures.Hats off to all those involved in this. I am from Achanakal village.proud to be a badaga.CHEERS………

  49. bellie said,

    good collections ,very happy to see our 100 years old Ayya’s family

  50. Ganesh,yedakad said,

    good job pls continue

  51. Bharathi Mathan said,

    Great Job. The site is really AWESOME. Please continue this wonderful job.
    Hats off to our culture. Iam from Uyilatty Village and I am very proud to be a Badaga…………Cheers

  52. Sathish Raj [Beegees Electronics, Kotagiri] said,

    Excellent.. Very useful for the future youngsters. Please continue this terrific job. I appreciate the effort for creating this wonderful website. Wish you all success. Good luck.

  53. Dharani said,

    Great Job ! Your is a rocking, superb website ! I really love it !………….Cheers

  54. Gnanasekar (Arun) said,

    For a cracker to burst on a big festival, there should be some spark from somewhere. I appreciate from the bottom of my heart for this fabulous work. Hetthai Amma is always around us to bless badaga people, our culture and community will never die….singaratha seeri !

  55. Gnanasekar (Arun) said,

    ‘Ee site nodilaa apara pul arichara, mamma’ [I am thrilled to see this site, Uncle]

  56. Manasa Thesingh said,

    Excellect job!!!Please keep it going….its just wonderful.:)

  57. Divagar said,

    This is an awesome collection JP Sir. great job, nice to see all my ancestors and my rich tradition from here, Kudos

  58. Anonymous said,

    Excellent work! Proud to be a badaga…

  59. Magesh Chandran said,

    Its really a wonderful work…….believe me, being faraway from home the website gives me a feeling that world is too small..I have no words to express my feelings when I go through when I’m on the site.It has been a every day routine to just go thru.

    Can u send me the PDF format of the book?

    JP adds : I am really honoured as well as humbled. Thank you. Are you referring to PDF format of Hethai Amman History?

  60. R.K.Sudhagar said,

    I am really astonished by the website. I was just checking the search engine cuil.com and typed badagas and I got this website. I am really proud to see the photos. Even in 1880 our people appear to be doing well , having taken photos with the Britishers I think we were only friends with them, not their slaves. I find it difficult to digest that we were under their rule because in the photos we see the friendship with them.I came across many nice articles about Badaga. I am proud to be a Badaga. I also wish to congratulate you to bring such a good website about our community. All the best. I will tell my friends about this website.

    JP adds ; Thank you very much Sudhagar, your kind words are very encouraging !

  61. kannan.d said,

    excellent work……congrates….

    JP adds : Thank you, Kannan !

  62. lokeswara said,

    I doubt the photo of BADAGA WOMEN ” Badagas and Irulas of Nilgiris”, It looks like the photo of Irula women, the bangles, dress & chain resembles Irula women.


    JP adds : Your guess is as good as mine

  63. Anand Rajbelli said,

    Amazing ,Awesome I have no words to say, ‘cos I am from Hubbathalai (brought up from the age of 5)and really very much impressed to see all the great photos. Hat’s off to you !! Great Work, I wish to tell all my friends about this site.

    JP adds : Thank you, Anand

  64. heera said,

    Very different costume!

  65. sridevi said,

    Very much impressed with badaga civilisation.I am trying to learn this language.I don’t know whether I will be able to leanr or not. In my next generation I would like to be born in a badaga family.

    JP adds ; That is wonderful. Thanks for your sentiments on behalf of the entire community.

  66. K.NEELAGANDAN OF JAGATHLA said,

    GOOD – WORK AND TRY AND CONTINUE TO TRY FOR ST STATUS – THE GOVT.IS STILL SILENT FROM THE PAST 7 DECADES- THE HEART IS BLEEDING

  67. sujith kumar said,

    i am thankful to the persons who have been involved in publishing these collections. hettai amman thunai

  68. mahalakshmi said,

    I feel proud to be a badaga. All the photos are really amazing and i just want to thank the person who has done this wonderful job.

    Thank you Sujith and Mahalakshmi. This website is an ONE MAN effort and the only other person who has tolerated the time and effort I have put in to create and maintain this site at the cost of domestic work is my wife…Wing Commander Bellie Jayaprakash

  69. sathish kumar mathan said,

    no words to say,our badaga community is simply the best….proud to be from nilgiris…cont me in my mail i would be happy to extend my support…
    physio_sathish@yahoo.com

  70. sai said,

    Really amazing website….being a Baduga girl….I didnot know the history of our community….really I felt ashamed when my friends ask about our Baduga community….now I feel proud to tell them that we have a website which has songs ,traditions, amazing photo galary, proverbs etc. Good work…. I just want to know if we people migrated from Karnataka during Tipu sultan’s period?

    Thank you Sai. I am very happy that youngsters like you are learning about our community with all its great traditions. Well, as far as our migration from Karnataka during Tipu’s time only because our name Badaga (meaning northerner) is very debatable. I am firmly of the view that our history is much older- may a thousand years or more – and my initial ‘research’ confirms that. More in the future articles…Wg Cdr JP.

  71. Gokul said,

    Its really informative one.Since,i came to know about my region in detail right now.Keep on going. No one can beat us

  72. NEELAGANDAN OF JAGATHLA said,

    We are trying to build a casteless country , please don’t go to the premitive stage again.

    Your comments on hattis….casteless country…..what are you trying to imply ? – Wg Cdr. JP

  73. மஞ்சூர் ராசா said,

    அன்பு நண்பரே வணக்கம். இந்த தளத்தில் உள்ள மிகவும் அரிதான புகைப்படங்களை கண்டதில் மிக்க மகிழ்ச்சி. நீங்கள் வரைந்துள்ள ஓவியமும் மிக நன்றாக இருக்கிறது. தொடர்ந்து நீங்கள் ஆற்றி வரும் பணி மிகவும் பாராட்டத்தக்கது. நாம் படுகர்கள் அனைவரும் தங்கள் வீட்டில், குடும்பத்தில் குழந்தைகளுடன் படுக மொழியை பேசுவதை கட்டாயமாக செய்யவும். அதனால் நம் மொழி என்றும் அழியாமல் இருக்கும்.

    நண்பரே இந்த தளம் வோர்ட் பிரஸ்ஸில் உள்ளது. ஏன் நீங்கள் தனியாக ஒரு நிரந்தர தளத்தை உருவாக்க கூடாது. அது மிகவும் முக்கியம் என படுகிறது.

    உங்களுடன் கைக்கோர்க்க அனைத்து படுக நண்பர்களும் தயாராய் இருக்கின்றனர்.

    Manjoor Raja, thank you ever so much for your kind words. Your desire is my duty. I will do the needful soon – JP

  74. karthick(kukkal) said,

    im very excited to see all these collections, photos r very nice…im proud to be a badaga guy…

  75. naveen said,

    I am very very glad about such a wonderful site about our Badaga community … the efforts of author of this website really needs to be congratulated… you guys have taken our community to the next level … congrats to everyone associated with this website … may your work continue for long time !

  76. hari said,

    Very much happy…..I dont need to say anything about the site…,the previous comments would have proved you are a passionate person….simply great….I am proud to be a Baduga….I pray that Badugas should live for ever with the same culture

  77. ramprakash said,

    My eyes are really wet after seeing all the above photos and the comments from our people…nothing else to say, since everything is already commented, Great job ,eager in meeting you soon – BADUGA !

    Hello Ramprakash – thanks for your sentiments – JP

  78. Sundaramoorthy, Chinna Hubbathalai said,

    I wholeheartedly appreciate your initiative and work on this website. Its really useful and helpful for people all over… Keep up the good work and keep doing more and more.. I really appreciate it…

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