BENGALURU: Two days after the Karnataka government accorded minority faith tag to the dominant neighborhood Lingayats, Kodavas, a martial race from the espresso growing district of Kodagu has demanded that they should too be declared as a religious minority.
On Wednesday, a memorandum was submitted to state minorities division on behalf of the neighborhood by M M Bansy and Vijay Muthappa. The division has forwarded the call for to Karnataka State Minorities Commission.
The memorandum mentioned , the Kodavas deserve the tag since their inhabitants is lower than 1.five lakh and the Centre has considered to include Kodava thakk, the Kodava language with no script, within the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and a notification has been issued to initiate the method.
"We are nature worshippers and don’t follow many customs of the Hindu religion. None of our rituals involve Brahmin priests and all their scriptures are in their own language.. We also have distinct costumes and pork is our staple diet," they mentioned of their memorandum, justifying the call for.
Supporting the call for, Kodagu Natural Sciences Society president Lt. Gen. B C Nanda mentioned that Kodavas inhabited Kodagu 2,000 years in the past and the first recorded example of Kodavas was found in 1174 AD throughout Hoysala dynasty within the state.
"Kodagu was a tiny independent state ruled by the Haleri (lingayat) kings till 1830s. The British annexed Kodagu and ruled it separately till 1947. After that it was declared as "C’" state and CM Poonacha was its first and last chief minister. On November 1, 1956 it became a part of Karnataka," Nanda mentioned
"Kodava is the only community that has lineage based clan system. They too have a sacret text called pattole palame, a record of the distinct culture, compiled in the late 19th century by Nadikerianda Chinnappa," mentioned some Kodava leaders
Some Kodava activists also are difficult that they should no less than get an self sustaining hill council standing on the traces of Gurkha Hill Council (GHC).
Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has additionally favoured self sustaining standing to Kodagu and promised to place a private bill within the parliament. During his talk over with to Kodagu just lately, Swamy, a Rajya Sabha MP, mentioned the call for for autonomy for Kodagu was completely justified to give protection to their race, neighborhood, traditions and customs. He had promised to extend his make stronger not just for autonomy to Kodagu, but also the inclusion of the Kodava language within the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
No tribal standing
Karnataka government had initiated an ethnographic and socio-economic survey final following a memorandum from Codava National Council (CNC) to peer whether the neighborhood qualifies for the tribal standing but it was abandoned mid-way following objections from some Kodava and tribal leaders within the Congress. `` The presence of Kodavas is limited to only two assembly seats in Kodagu in comparison to 100 seats of Lingayats. I don’t think any birthday party or government will heed our demands taking into account our restricted political affect. We are hoping that some government or birthday party will be our savior sooner or later once they perceive our issues, tradition and dwindling inhabitants,’’ mentioned CNC leader N U Nachappa.
On Wednesday, a memorandum was submitted to state minorities division on behalf of the neighborhood by M M Bansy and Vijay Muthappa. The division has forwarded the call for to Karnataka State Minorities Commission.
The memorandum mentioned , the Kodavas deserve the tag since their inhabitants is lower than 1.five lakh and the Centre has considered to include Kodava thakk, the Kodava language with no script, within the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and a notification has been issued to initiate the method.
"We are nature worshippers and don’t follow many customs of the Hindu religion. None of our rituals involve Brahmin priests and all their scriptures are in their own language.. We also have distinct costumes and pork is our staple diet," they mentioned of their memorandum, justifying the call for.
Supporting the call for, Kodagu Natural Sciences Society president Lt. Gen. B C Nanda mentioned that Kodavas inhabited Kodagu 2,000 years in the past and the first recorded example of Kodavas was found in 1174 AD throughout Hoysala dynasty within the state.
"Kodagu was a tiny independent state ruled by the Haleri (lingayat) kings till 1830s. The British annexed Kodagu and ruled it separately till 1947. After that it was declared as "C’" state and CM Poonacha was its first and last chief minister. On November 1, 1956 it became a part of Karnataka," Nanda mentioned
"Kodava is the only community that has lineage based clan system. They too have a sacret text called pattole palame, a record of the distinct culture, compiled in the late 19th century by Nadikerianda Chinnappa," mentioned some Kodava leaders
Some Kodava activists also are difficult that they should no less than get an self sustaining hill council standing on the traces of Gurkha Hill Council (GHC).
Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has additionally favoured self sustaining standing to Kodagu and promised to place a private bill within the parliament. During his talk over with to Kodagu just lately, Swamy, a Rajya Sabha MP, mentioned the call for for autonomy for Kodagu was completely justified to give protection to their race, neighborhood, traditions and customs. He had promised to extend his make stronger not just for autonomy to Kodagu, but also the inclusion of the Kodava language within the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
No tribal standing
Karnataka government had initiated an ethnographic and socio-economic survey final following a memorandum from Codava National Council (CNC) to peer whether the neighborhood qualifies for the tribal standing but it was abandoned mid-way following objections from some Kodava and tribal leaders within the Congress. `` The presence of Kodavas is limited to only two assembly seats in Kodagu in comparison to 100 seats of Lingayats. I don’t think any birthday party or government will heed our demands taking into account our restricted political affect. We are hoping that some government or birthday party will be our savior sooner or later once they perceive our issues, tradition and dwindling inhabitants,’’ mentioned CNC leader N U Nachappa.
After Lingayats, Kodavas demand minority religion status in Karnataka
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