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CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF COORG COORG-The scotland of India Kodavas originally hail from the Kurdish area of Turkey,Iran and Iraq,which is hilly region like kodagu ,They entered India during 320BC in the pre-islamic era ,as a part of the iranian contigent which had joined Emperor Alexanders invading army. The people live in kodagu worship nature and river Cauvery in the highest regard.To them ,the holy river cauvery is their mother and worships the godesses cauvery.Main Ethnic group and majority are Arebhase Gowdas and Kodavas as they are all settled in kodagu .The coorg customes are quite different from those of the other people in India ,The delicacy that is served at community feast is Pork,pork is a traditional meat in any coorg funcions(Pandhi kari),Weapons are the Coorg traditions and Religious beliefs swords and guns are worshipped by coorg people .they have their own language called kodava language,the total population approximately 160,000