The Kodavas are a proud horde, renowned for their kindness, affection, warmth, and in absolute totality – their hospitality.

Kodava Hospitality

Well trained and qualified in playing hosts, they ensure that each of their guests has a fabulous experience when in Coorg.

Kodavas are well aware that being representatives of their martial race, they’re born with the responsibility of upholding the pride of their land, well comprehending that they have to promote, enrich, and enkindle, people’s views and opinions regarding Coorg.

Ever heard of the boom in the statistics on successful home stays and guest homes ‘blooming’ across Coorg? Well it’s undoubtedly the hugely generous and ever so welcoming hearts of the Kodavas that’s responsible for this.

A great facet of what makes them so popular is their profound rootedness in tradition, their originality and authenticity. Devoid of all pretension, they treat you like family, making sure you get a hands on experience of true Kodava life.

Kodava Style Dressing!

By involving their guests in their day to day activities, and narrating tales of the glory of their land, they create a surreal milieu which fills you with instant admiration for the place and its people.

You’re left with a bizarre sense of being connected to the land. And you end up in love with Coorg, its culture, traditions, and people; a love of the sort that eternally urges you to return to this land, as though drawn magically by some invisible thread sewed right into your soul.

When you’ve been in Coorg and experienced it at least once, each visit will be nothing short of a homecoming in its own sense and right. Being bored of the place is totally out of the question.

In truth, each visit strengthens the bond you already possess with the land, into a permanent one.

Kodavas and their infectious love for their motherland, entwined with heaps of hospitality and kilos of kindness, brings you back repeatedly to this home sweet home; a home exalted, that opens up to you, making you fall head over heals in love with it.

Coorg – a home you can truly call home.

Sanjna Achayya

Sanjna Achayya is a student at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. Being born into a Kodava family gives her an insight into the hopes and ambitions of this beautiful district neatly tucked away near the Karnataka-Kerala border. An avid reader and writer, Sanjna is guided by her own experiences and interactions with relatives from Coorg.

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