Toda tribe of The Nilgiris rethatch their sacred temple with a rare grass
[ad_1] Toda men re-thatching the dairy temple | Photo Credit: SATHYAMOORTHY M Recently, members of the Toda tribe, the oldest and indigenous tribes of The Nilgiris, gathered at Melgaa(r)sh, an ancient Toda hamlet above the Ooty Botanical Garden for a sacred ritual. The Manajakkal Mund, also called the Garden Mund in recent times, is the principal hamlet of the patriclan. The men, dressed in the ceremonial embroidered shawls, bundled swamp…
