The Pattole Palame is a precious collection of the oral heritage of the Kodava community, compiled and published by Nadikerianda Chinnappa in 1924. It is known to be one of the earliest and most extensive collections of the folklore of a community in any Indian language. The Kodavas are inhabitants of Kodagu (Coorg), a scenic district of Karnataka in South India. They are a small community whose origins are unknown. Living in a remote, hilly, thickly forested ...
