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| HISTORY - Ode |
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- The word Vodde or Odde is said to be a corruption of the Sanskrit Odhra, the name for the country now called Orissa, and the people are ordinarily supposed to have emigrated from the Uriya country. Besides Telugu, they are said to speak a peculiar dialect among themselves.They are a strong and hard-working class.
- About Ode settlement in south the following brief accounts are given in the Nellore, Coimbatore, and Madurai are: — Nellore — Odes are called as 'Vaddera' are the tank-diggers, quarry owners and contractors. few are engaged in the trade. Coimbatore — Odes are thickly populated , migrated for great demand in irrigation wells, ghat roads of Niligiri Hills and construction of houses. Today they are found to be contractors and traders.
- Salem — Odes(Odder) are moderately populated in the areas Meyyanoor, Mettupatti, Attur, Kallakurichi, Durgam, Sankarapuram etc. Today they are found to be contractors and coolies.
- Madurai — Odes are generally tank-diggers and earth-workers. They are Telugus, and are supposed to have come southward in the time of the Nayyakkans. Possibly Thirumalai Nayakar invited them to dig out his great Teppakulam, and assist in raising gopurams of Meenakshi Temple.
- Karnataka - Migrated for great demand in construction of Dams, Hydro electric projects, Reservoirs, Check dams, Roads and Office buildings. Especially in construction of Krishnaraja sagar, Vani Vilas sagar , Bhadravathi, Hemavathi, Lakkavali, Chikhole, Shivanasamudra, Jog Falls, Almatti and Vidhana Soudha. People settled in the same places after completion of projects.
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