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NILGIRI HILLS

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DEEKSHA JAIN
A1904012092
6 SEMESTER
SECTION B

LOCATION MAP OF NILGIRIS DISTRICT,

TAMILNADU, SOUTH INDIA

SUMMERS

STARTS
MARCH
PEAKS-APRILMAY

MONSOON

BEGINS- JUNE
RECIEVES
BOTH S-W &
N-W
MONSOON

WINTERS

BEGINSNOVEMBER

ANNUAL
RAINFALL

1920 MM

HUMIDITY

90% IN
AFTERNOON

DAY TIME
SUMMERSTEMPERATURE 22.10 C
WINTERS5.10 C

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THE RAINBOW HAVE INSPIRED THEIR

TRADITIONAL BARREL-VAULTED REED
AND BAMBOO HUTS.
THOSE STRUCTURES ARE PERFECT
FOR LIVING IN THE COLD CLIMATE OF
NILGIRIS.
THE WALL IN THE
TODAS ARE KNOWN FOR FRONT
PROTECTING NATURE.
FAADE IS
DECORATED WITH
EVERY ASPECT OF
DARK ENGRAVINGS
THEIR LIVING AND WAY OF OF SHAPES OF
LIFE IS INSPIRED BY AND STARS,
MODELED AFTER NATURE. MOON, FLOWERS,
AND MAINLY
BUFFALO HEADS

THE FLOWERS OF
THEKAFEHLPLANT
(CEROPEGIA
PUSILLA) INSPIRED
THE TODA CANE
MILK-CHURNING

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Place /Location (then

and now)

Tamil Nadu

Population

The Todas numbered 807 in 1901, and their current population

stands at around 1,100.

Languages spoken
Religion/God
Food
Economy
Marriage
Houses

Toda Language
Lord Amodr(the realm of the dead) & Goddess Teikirzi
Rice, Dairy products and vegetables
Cattle hearding and dairy work
Polydry amony toda people
Toda houses called dogles

Clothing

Single piece of cloth, worn like shalaya wrap over dhoti of men
and skirt for women

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TODA LIVE IN
SMALL
HALMETS
CALLED
MUNDS
ARSH
,
DWELLING HUTS

KODARSH

SHEDS FOR
CALVES

EVERY MUND CONSISTS OF

PALUVARSH
POOVARSH

TEMPLE
FENCED OFF
CIRCULAR
OPENGROU
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BUFFALOES

THOOVARSH

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RECTANGULAR PLAN
3.3 M HIGH, 5.5 M LONG , 2.7 M WIDE

RELIEF
DECORATED
WITH TODA
ART FORM
INSPIRED
FROM
NATURE

STRUCTURE
HUTS- OVAL, PENT SHAPE
CONSTRUCTION

3.3 M

4.5-6.3 M

CURVILINEAR ROOF
INSPIRED FROM SHAPE
OF RAINBOW

2.7-4.2 M
ENTRANCE AT FRONT- 0.65 M WIDE AND 0.75
M TALL
SMALL ENTRANCE FOR PROTECTION FROM
WILD ANIMALS

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MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION

TECHNOLOGY

TODA HUT

THICKER BAMBOO
CANES ARE ARCHED TO
GIVE HUT A BASIC PENT
SHAPE

BAMBOO
FASTENED WITH
RATTEN

RATTEN
PLANT

BAMBOO

FRONT AND
BACK OF THE
HUT ARE
USUALLY
MADE OF
DRESSES
STONE
DRIIED GRASS
IS STACKED
EACH HUT IS ENCLOSED
OVER
WITHIN A WALL OF LOOSE
THATCHED
STONE

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ROOFING DETAIL AS SEEN FROM INSIDE THE

HUT.

VIEW OF THE FRONT DOOR FROM

INSIDE THE HUT.

GRASS ROOFING AT THE FRONT

FAADE OF AN ARSH.

STAND FOR OIL LAMP ON TOP OF

DOORWAY AND IN BETWEEN
WINDOWS.

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PALUVARSH
TWO ROOMS
STONE WALLS
DOOR -45 CM X 60 CM.
TWO RECTANGULAR OPENINGS ON THE
REAR WALL OF THE TEMPLE FOR
VENTILATION

FRONT FACADE

REAR FACADE

POOVARSH
CYLINDRICAL WITH LONG
CONICAL ROOF.
DIAMETER - 3 M
HEIGHT 10 M
MATERIAL FOR THE WALL- IS
GRANITE STONE
ROOFING MATERIALS- SAME AS
THAT OF ARSH

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SHED FOR
CALVES
THERE ARE A FEW
RECTANGULAR CATTLE
SHEDS WITH SLOPING
ROOF WHICH ARE CALLED
KODARSH .
THESE DAYS TODAS
RAISE COWS ALSO.

BUFFALO PEN
A CIRCULAR OPEN GROUND WHICH IS
FENCED OFF WITH STONE RETAINING WALL
TO SHELTER THE BUFFALOES .
THIS IS CALLED THOOVARSH

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