Historical PeriodEra
Varies by tradition
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Deities
Igguttappa of Pādi
Igguttappa — kul-devatā of the Kodava
Igguttappa — kul-devatā of the Kodava
Hindu / Kodava
The Kodava (Coorg) people of Karnataka — a distinctive Kshatriya-martial community — worship Igguttappa (also Ikkuttappa) as their principal kul-devatā. He is associated with Kārtikeya (Murugan). The shrine at Pādi village is the main pilgrimage. Annual Kailpoldh (early December) festival involves firing ancestral shotguns in the air and performing the Kodava vālaga warrior-dance. The Kodava priesthood is local; no Brahmins are required. Kodava religion has integrated Hindu and animist-clan-ancestor elements.
India's sacred landscape embraces all faith-traditions — Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Zoroastrian, tribal, regional-folk — each with its own cosmology. This entry honors Hindu on its own terms.
