He was a much sought after singer in any function, be it a wedding, savu or anniversary. He could play harmonium, bull bull tara or ‘thambutte’ with equal elan, His greatest ability was to compose and render songs on the spot, some times suitably changing the verses to suit the occassion. I met him for the first time all most three decades ago. Over a period of time, I have listened to a lot of Badaga singers but the best in my opinion is KERBEN BELLA GOWDER who had a golden voice. One of the few songs that reminds you of the good old e let us see who is dancing with his back bent Gopinath (BBM- kilkowatty village ooty)3.Arunkumar (BSc-Haliyur Village) 4.Suresh (B.com- Kadakodu Village) 5.Thyagarajan (B.Sc-Horasolai Village) 6.Nandhakumar(B.com-Gathukuli Village) 7.Jagadish (B.com-Jakkanarai Village) 8.Navaneeth (M.Sc-Thudalai Village) 9.Satish (M.Sc-kottanalli Village) 10.Shankar (B.com-Gathukuli Village) 11.Ayyapan (B.com Ooty) 12.Sivakaumar (M.Sc-Haliyur Village) 13.Karthi (B.Sc-Ooty ) 14.Rahul Sharma (B.Com -Ooty)’

but I am not able to recover from my college days in Sree Narayana Guru.List of people who were in the Dance (not in order) : 1. We have given opportunity to everyone to dance.Now I am doing my M.S ( Comp.Sci and Technology) which is a special course for four years.Life is good now. The biggest event of our college is the CREDISE function.Thus we the badaga guys planned to give a good feast and ended up with that dance. You can listen and see the beautiful Badaga dance in this youtube video uploaded by Ashok BellanĪshok Bellan also informs me that the video was shot on the occassion the college annual day.He goes on to add ‘… I completed my graduation (B.Sc Mathematics) from Sree Naranyana Guru College.

எம்மாட்டி எப்பனேயு ஏமாத்திதிண்டு ஹோக பேட,Īnother great dance number with a greater message,’ you have come naked into this world and you will leave in the same state-naked. HEMMATTI ebbaneyu aemaathithindhu hoga beda , THAI mae thalaiga thatti kai yoda aatta paatta. Sothu pathu neetha endhu kaathundhu endhe dha, matha hegu dha, madhuvaya matha hegudha,ĪALAANI thinguvatha aa aagi varasha mamma ,ĪANI huttidha mele badhila hegine baa mamma ,ĪAVANI thinguvadhoge dhaavani singarava ,Īrattu perattu aara PERATTASI thinguvadha, Muthu muthu mookathiga sokki hodhane, netti niddane All the 12 Badaga months starting with Koodalu are beautifully integrated within the song. The more I listen to the song ‘Kappu Uttileyu’, the more fascinated I become.

Badaga song