Toda tribe of The Nilgiris rethatch their sacred temple with a rare grass
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 grass…