Ainmanes Kodagu: Ancestral Homes of Kodagu and their Socia-Cultural Significance

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ABOUT THE BOOK
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Ainmanes of Kodagu describes ainmanes, ancestral homes in Kodagu, and their socio-cultural significance. Ainmanes are architectural symbols of the heritage and culture of the people living in this distinctive district of Karnataka state in South India. The accompanying photographs, maps and floor plans help us understand and appreciate why ainmanes are unique to Kodagu and regarded as ‘heritage buildings’.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

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The authors, Nanjamma and Chinnappa, have written this book after extensive fieldwork to record for posterity the entire way of life that the ainmanes symbolise. The accompanying photographs, maps and floor plans help us understand and appreciate why ainmanes are unique to Kodagu and regarded as ‘heritage buildings’.