Codava Makkada Coota
{{short description|Kodava cultural preservation organization}}
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Codava Makkada Coota (aka Kodava Makkada Koota) is an organization for the preservation and growth of the Kodava traditions, culture, language, arts, dance, and other practices among the Kodava children. This Coota (organization) works for Kodavame, the Kodava way of life.{{cite web |last1=uthappa |first1=kishoo |title=Codava Makkada Coota |url=https://kodavaclan.com/kodaguheritage/codava-makkada-okkota/#Addressnbsp |website=Kodagu Heritage |access-date=4 January 2025 |date=2 April 2020}} Codava Makkada Coota also observes and organises the annual Kodava festivals publicly.{{cite web |title=KODAVA NEW YEAR: REVIVAL OF AN OLD TRADITION BY THE COORGS |url=https://www.coorgnews.in/kodagu-culture/kodava-new-year-revival-old-tradition-coorgs/ |website=Coorg News |access-date=4 January 2025 |date=14 April 2017}}
Codava Makkada Coota has published and released many books on Kodava culture and tradition in various languages, besides Kodava.{{cite news |title=Create a world of Kodava folklore, says M C Nanaiah |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/create-a-world-of-kodava-folklore-says-m-c-nanaiah-918758.html |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=Deccan Herald |language=en}}
Bollajira Aiyappa is the president of Codava Makkada Coota. Codava Makkada Coota helped set up Maha Vir Chakra Squadron Leader Ajjamada Bopaiah Devayya's statue in Madikeri and observes his birthday every year.{{cite news |title=Memorial event held under bronze statue in Madikeri |url=https://starofmysore.com/memorial-event-held-under-bronze-statue-in-madikeri/ |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=Star of Mysore |date=10 September 2022}}{{cite news |title=One more war hero's statue damaged in Madikeri |url=https://starofmysore.com/one-more-war-heros-statue-damaged-in-madikeri/ |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=Star of Mysore |date=26 August 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Src='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/Dd3595cd2beee04821ce0c1ff24673f2?s=96 |first1= Suresh Panje |title=SQD LDR DEVAYYA WHOSE HEROICS EMERGED FROM A BOOK GETS STATUE IN COORG |url=https://www.coorgnews.in/general-news/sqd-ldr-devayya-whose-heorics-emerged-from-a-book-gets-statue-in-coorg/ |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=Coorg News |date=7 September 2020}}{{cite news |title=Squadron Leader Ajjamada Devaiah remembered |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/squadron-leader-ajjamada-devaiah-remembered-1028139.html |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=Deccan Herald |language=en}} Codava Makkada Coota also participates in padayatra (walk parade) from Bhagamandala to Talakaveri every year.{{cite news |title=Sea of devotees at Talacauvery on Theerthodbhava |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/sea-of-devotees-at-talacauvery-on-theerthodbhava-1041499.html |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=Deccan Herald |language=en}} Codava Makkada Coota also makes movies in the Kodava language and distributes them across India.
Codava Makkada Coota is also involved in social service. They help the elderly in the community.{{cite news |last1=R |first1=Prajna G. |title=Ashram in Karnataka's Madikeri unites those deserted by their kin |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/good-news/2022/Jan/23/ashram-in-karnatakas-madikeri-unites-thosedeserted-by-their-kin-2410275.html |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=The New Indian Express |date=23 January 2022 |language=en}} They have also published a seven-year-old girl's book posthumously.{{cite news |last1=Service |first1=Express News |title=Posthumously published book of seven-year-old released in Madikeri |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/Dec/22/posthumously-published-book-of-seven-year-old-released-in-madikeri-2644010.html |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=The New Indian Express |date=22 December 2023 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Service |first1=Express News |title=Seven-year-old Maya's jottings posthumously published as a book |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/Dec/23/seven-year-old-mayas-jottingsposthumously-published-as-a-book-2644134.html |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=The New Indian Express |date=23 December 2023 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Sqn.Ldr. A.B. Devayya's Statue Unveiled At Madikeri {{!}} Kodagu First |url=https://www.kodagufirst.in/?p=34062 |access-date=6 January 2025 |date=8 September 2020}}