Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa are translators and scholars of Kodava studies. Their ''

Pattole Palame The ''Pattole Palame'' is a compilation of Kodava folksongs first published in 1924. It was compiled by Nadikerianda Chinnappa. Contents The book is of 556 pages and divided into six sections. The first is called the ''Kodagu vivarane'' ( ...

'' was written using the Kannada script originally. It has been translated into English by Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa and has been published by Rupa & Co., New Delhi.

Early life

Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa are the grandchildren of

Nadikerianda Chinnappa Nadikerianda Chinnappa (1875–1931) was an Indian compiler, poet, translator, army man, police officer, cricket player, singer and philanthropist from Kodagu. Origins Ancestry The Nadikerianda clan name originated from the words ''Nadu ker ...

, the compiler of the

. Nadikerianda Chinnappa's daughter Gangamma married Muthanna who was an engineer and from the Boverianda clan. Chinnappa's son Subbayya and daughter-in-law were both teachers. Their daughter Nanjamma was married to her cross-cousin, the son of Gangamma (Chinnappa's daughter), who had also been named Chinnappa.

Careers

They both pursued their professions at Chennai, Kolkata and Canada. Nanjamma was a visiting fellow at Cambridge University in 1974. She has also co-authored a book on Business Survey Methods. In 1993 she was elected as a

Fellow of the American Statistical Association Like many other academic professional societies, the American Statistical Association (ASA) uses the title of Fellow of the American Statistical Association as its highest honorary grade of membership. The designation of ASA Fellow has been a sign ...

. In 2006 she was given an honorary doctorate degree (D. Litt.) of the Mangalore University by T. N. Chaturvedi, the Governor of Karnataka.

Deaths

Chinnappa died on March 10th, 2023. Nanjamma died on March 31st, 2024.

Pattole Palame in English

After retirement the couple settled down in Bangalore in 1995 and began to realise their grandfather's cherished dream. Finally in 2003, they completed the work and it has been published by Rupa & Co., New Delhi. That same year it was released in Madikeri (Mercara). This book has become the chief text for the Coorgs.

Other works

They have been working on the ainemane project, this can be found on the Ainmanes website.

Ainmanes Project

Ainmanes.com (website)

Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa had undertaken a project to collect information regarding each and every Ainmane found in Kodagu, irrespective of the community or caste of the clan members residing in them. They visited many of them in the period between April 2003 and May 2008. They also collected oral legends and traditional information from the occupants of each of these functional Ainemanes. Along with this they have researched about the concerned clans from previously published written material, wherever possible. The information thus collected are now available on the Ainmanes website.

Ainmanes of Kodagu (book)

In 2014, Niyogi books has published their work titled ''Ainmanes of Kodagu''.

References

External links

''Ainmanes''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chinnappa, Boverianda Nanjamma Kodava people Living people Writers from Bengaluru Kannada-language writers Fellows of the American Statistical Association Year of birth missing (living people)