The Hindu

Toda community members in the Nilgiris sensitised to the need to preserve their culture

More than 20 members of the indigenous Toda community took part in a project aimed at the “Revitalisation of the Toda language in prose, song and cultural ecology.” As part of the initiative, the ...
The Hindu

Toda tribes of The Nilgiris re-thatch their sacred temple with a rare grass

Todas live on the highest reaches in hamlets called munds made of bamboo-vaulted homes shaped like a rainbow and patched with mud and straw, believed to tackle the wind velocity at high altitudes.
Indiatimes

Toda and Kota dialects are very much alive, says Tribal Research Centre

TRC said it was making efforts to protect the languages of all the tribes in the Nilgiris. “In the meantime, we are creating awareness among the tribal groups by conducting workshops to preserve their ...

MSSW to roll out course on Toda language

Chennai, is set to introduce a certificate course on the Toda language and culture. Believed to be the first o ...
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This woman entrepreneur is helping women from Toda tribe preserve their traditional art form, earn a livelihood

Once a week, women from Toda, a tribal community living near Ooty, Tamil Nadu, travel to the city to sell Toda embroidery products. In exchange, they receive their earnings from which they buy the ...