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Inside a Kodava Home in Coorg: What a Coorgi Homestay Teaches You About Real Hospitality

The Room They Kept for YouThe guest room in a Kodava home is not decorated for Instagram. The bedspread is old and clean. There is a window that opens onto coffee estate rows, and in the morning the mist comes through before the light does. Nobody left a welcome card…

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Coorg's Luxury Homestay Circuit Offers a Completely Different Travel Experience Than Its Budget Version

The Coorg You Are Paying to SeeThere is a version of Coorg that arrives pre-filtered. The estate sits back from the road behind a gate. The coffee plantation stretches out in photogenic rows. A staff member brings you filter kaapi in a steel tumbler on a wooden tray, and the…

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Beyond Coorg: A Slow Travel Through Karnataka's Coffee Hills and Plantation Estates

The Road That Doesn't Rush YouThe first thing Chikmagalur takes from you is your itinerary. You arrive with a list, Mullayanagiri, Baba Budangiri, the coffee museum, and within a day the list is somewhere in your bag, unread. The hills do this. They are not dramatic in the way that…

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Environment activists alarmed as trees chopped and burnt near Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Kodagu

According to environmental activists, the Mundrote Forest Range, located near the Kerala border where the alleged illegal activity took place, is renowned for its rich flora, which includes over 6,000 species of trees and plants.

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In Kodagu, Lakshman seeks support to fulfil his vision

M. Lakshman, Congress candidate for Mysuru Lok Sabha, campaigns in Kodagu with MLA Ponnanna, promising development and fulfilling election promises.

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Mosque provides shelter to Ayyappa devotees

A mosque in Virajpet in Kodagu district is winning praises from net users for providing Ayyappa devotees shelter and a place to perform their pooja.

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Virajpet MLA promises early completion of houses for tribals

MLA A.S. Ponnanna seeks additional aid from CM Siddaramaiah to complete 129 tribal homes in Kodagu. 60 homes partially complete due to lack of electricity and water supply. 75 families from Kedamullur GPs and 54 tribals from other GPs to be provided houses. DC to discuss with revenue dept. director…

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Electric Bus of the Year award for EV Power Plus of KSRTC

The KSRTC is operating electric buses on various routes, including Mysuru, Madikeri, Virajpet, Shivamogga, Davanagere, and Chikkamagaluru in Karnataka.

The Hindu

50-year-old statue of General K.S. Thimayya in Madikeri topples over in a KSRTC bus accident

Statue of General K.S. Thimayya in Madikeri, Kodagu district, toppled over due to a collision with a KSRTC bus. Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna has directed a thorough investigation and promised to reinstate the statue with full honours.

The Hindu

Rainfall unabated in Kodagu, but intensity reduces; schools to reopen today

Rains continue in Kodagu, orange alert declared. District received 48.50 mm of rainfall in 24 hrs. Madikeri taluk recorded 74.20 mm, Virajpet 28.57 mm, Somwarpet 42.72 mm. Harangi reservoir inflow 15,572 cusecs, outflow 13,000 cusecs. KRS inflow 51,508 cusecs, level 106.50 ft. Kabini inflow 25,146 cusecs, outflow 20,000 cusecs, level…

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3-time Virajpet MLA warns that voting Congress will bring back Tipu Jayanti celebrations

Virajpet constituency has been represented by K.G. Bopaiah from the Arre Bashe Gowda community for the last three terms. Virajpet is dominated by Kodavas, who seem wary about Mr. Bopaiah getting a fourth term

The Hindu

Kodagu rain: 14 families shifted to relief camp from ‘unsafe’ zone

Three more families still remain at Tora village in Virajpet taluk despite knowing the risks of staying there amidst torrential rain and the threat of landslides

The Hindu

Kodagu: residents asked to shift over heavy rain

In 2019, Tora in Virajpet taluk had witnessed landslide in which 10 persons were buried alive

The Hindu

Boy’s kidnap case: Cops use ransom as a bait, arrest five in Karnataka

MYSURU: City police successfully trapped all five kidnappers of a minor boy and arrested them near Virajpet in Kodagu within 12 hours of the crime.

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Kodagu woman heaves sigh of relief as daughter reaches Hungarian border safely

Amidst the escalating war situation in Ukraine, a female student from Kiev has managed to board a train from the capital and reach Ukraine-Hungary border, bringing great relief to her parents at Ammathi Hosur in Virajpet, who are desperate to see their daughter, M.P. Nirmala, a 5 th year medical student…

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Last rites of soldier Althaf performed with State honours in Virajpet

The last rites of 37-year-old Indian Army Hawildar Althaf Ahmed, who died in a blizzard while on duty in Kashmir, were performed in his native in Meenupete in Kodagu district’s Virajpet taluk with state honours on Saturday.

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