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3. GUTTHU HOUSES
• The Gutthu Houses of the land owning
community of south Karnataka are large,
inward looking Hindu Mansions.
• The typical Guttu house has a steeply pitched
roof, combining single & double storeyed
blocks around a courtyard.
• It is the isolated home of a well-to-do family
designed to deter attacks.
• The façade is usually symmetrical around a
central projection, the tallest and most
impressive feature of the house.
• The principal building material is wood.
The Khamb-Wooden pillars in a
traditional Bunt house called Guthu Mane
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4. • Guthu mane - traditional homes of
bunt community of coastal
Karnataka.
• Such traditional Bunt houses can
still be seen across the Tulu Nadu
region
• A rather square complex with
ample space for storage all around.
• The pillars are made of wood.
• There are usually 4 doors, one on
each side of the square complex.
• The roof is of Mangalore tiles. • One of the well preserved houses, Kodial
• The inner square is an open area - Guthu, stands at the centre of Mangalore city.
a place often utilized to dry stuff • Royal houses of the Bunts are called the
the natural way with sunlight. Aramane.
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7. KODAVA HOUSES - AYNMANE
• The KODAGU (COORG) district in
Karnataka is the only region of the
south known for its martial people.
• Every Kodava belongs to a clan or
Vokka. There are more than 300 clans
within the community. • About 200 years ago these grand
• Every clan lived in a Ain-Mane- homesteads bustled with activity.
Ancestral house. • The granaries were filled with stocks of
• The Patriarch and Matriarch of the rice to last a year.
clan lived in the Ain house with their • Firewood was chopped and stocked to
sons and their families. see them through the long monsoon.
• However as families grew bigger there • The Ain house resonated with the shouts
was a need to build more living space. of grand-children, the clatter of horse
Usually the younger sons moved away carriages, bullocks, pigs, chickens and
and built their own houses. the barking of hunting dogs.
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8. 2 massive columns
at the entrance
The central open courtyard
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9. • Joint family system was the hallmark in the "Ain Mane''
culture. Men and women cultivated paddy on their land
under the leadership of the master of the family and
shared the bounty after the harvest.
• The ancestral house is marked by the deeply cut
passage called "oni,'' leading to the front.
• The "oni'' is paved with rough stones and has sloped
walls on either side.
• An ideally built "Ain Mane'' resembles a fort.
• The Ainemane has always been a mirror reflecting the • On festivals and important
Kodava culture. occasions, Vokka (clan)
• This ancestral abode is a remarkable structure and a members gather at the
place of unique bonding. Ainmane and partake in the
• The structure of this building is thought to be ceremonies held there.
symbolic of the unity in the family.
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10. • Also called the Gurukarana Mane or • The Ain Mane, depending on the wealth
Gurumane, the Ainemane gives of the clan stands surrounded by the
Kodavas their family name. huts of the farm workers and animal
• Several family units put together sheds. A well provides fresh water.
comprise a Vokka.Each Vokka owns an • It has a sloping tiled roof to face the
Ainemane. onslaught of the torrential monsoon.
• The Kings who ruled Kodagu built their • There is a central courtyard which is
Palaces following the architectural open to the sky.
style of the Taravad houses of the • A narrow corridor runs all around the
Nairs of Kerala- proof of the courtyard connecting to the rooms.
cordial relations between Kodagu • Usually the kitchen is at the rear of the
and Kerala. house or even a little away to keep the
• Typically the Ain Mane stands on a smoke away.
hillock surrounded by paddy fields, • The toilet and bathing area is always
swaying arecanut trees and coffee away from the main building.
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11. • The prime position at the Ainemane is • The front region of this ancestral
held by the Karona, the head of the family house is a canopied open hall called
that owns this house the Kaiyale.
• A one-storied, square-shaped building • It consists of a 2-feet high seater of
with an attic, the Ainemane has two doors thick wooden plank which is used as
at its entrance. a bench, called Aimara.
• Always in an elevated position, it faces • Daughters-in-law of the house are
east. Steps lead uto a Kayyale – verandah, not allowed to sit on Aimara
where pillars supporting the tiled roof are whereas married daughters of the
attached to bench like planks. house can sit on it.
• Ainmane has an open roof space in the • Elders of the family usually sit here
middle, so that rain water is collected to exchange cordialities, discuss
within and excess water is drained out. various issues and take important
• The house consists of two doors to go to decisions.
backyard.
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12. • Two massive wooden poles adorn the • Images of sun, moon, flowers etc. adorn
entrance. Kannikamba and main doors, signifying
• The central Nadubaade would consist that Kodavas were nature worshippers.
of three wooden poles. • An integral part of Ainmane is Kaimada
• The first pole is called as — an important structure built in
Kannikamba — it supports the whole memory of the founder of that family or
roof of Ainmane. Vokka.
• The kannikamba is as significant as • It is a prayer place which is used during
the thook bolcha (hanging lamp) lit happy or sad ceremonies.
everyday at the Nellakki Baade • At Ainmane, the prime position is given to
(prayer room). karona, the head of that particular
• During ceremonies, family members family.
would seek blessings by touching the • Unique feature about Kodava culture is
base of kannikamba and then the feet that men and women share same kind of
of elders. respect, status and position.
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13. • Padasale – The rectangular hall around
which the rooms are arranged.
• Mundu – The inevitable open courtyard
in the centre,
• Kanni Kombara – Prayer place, where
a deity is installed; Here, the
karona(family ancestor) symbolized by a
lamp is worshipped and offered food at
festivals.
• Kitchen – sacred; the mud oven/stove
should face east.
OLD-WORLD CHARM: The
verandah of an Ain Mane, where
portraits of ancestors are
displayed.
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14. DRAVIDIAN SOUTH –
ANDHRA PRADESH

15. Kaccha buildings of Andhra Pradesh are of
the following two types:
CIRCULAR in Plan with high
thatched conical roofs
RECTANGULAR with
two or four pitch roofs.
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16. • Built of mud or mud and wattle, the • Alongside houses are basketwork
house is raised on a plinth decorated thatched stores for fodder or fuel and
with finger marks in white rice paste open sided rectangular or round cattle
or vertical stripes of white and red sheds; chicken batteries etc.,
ochre. • More substantial houses are roofed
• White Kolam are auspicious patterns with factory made tiles.
on the ground(floor) outside the door. • Some have the local variety, small and
• Thickly thatched, the roof projects and moulded- which combine two types – V
comes down very low on all sides, shaped for the lower rows running
even at the entrance. down the slope and rounded for the
• This arrangement makes the house upper.
more weather-tight in an area prone
to cyclones and heavy rainfall.
• The interior of the house is divided into
two or three rooms.
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17. • The traditional coastal andhra
village was typically a cluster of
round mud houses.
• The houses were built close to
each other in a circular formation
so that the cyclonic winds that
often hit the coast bounced off
tangentially away from the
cluster.
• Houses with two family units were
often roofed and walled in
rectangular form.
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18. CHUTTILLU
• Chuttillu from Coastal
Andhra Pradesh.
• This house cluster is
found in
Visakhapatnam ,
Andhra Pradesh.
• In Andhra it is locally referred to as ―Chuttillu‖ which means a round house (illu
stands for house).
• In cyclone-prone areas, fishermen and agricultural farmers build circular houses
which nestle closely to form clusters.
• The shape and the positioning help the houses battle against the raging winds.
• The roads leading into a hamlet were the usual narrow mud paths, opening into
large open spaces, around which mud and thatch huts lay strewn.
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19. • The house consists of an inner circular room
which is enveloped by another circular space
that serves as the kitchen on one side and a
store or a sitting/sleeping area at the other
end.
• The grain for the family’s annual consumption
is stored in the inner room in clay urns and
all the main belongings of the household.
• During winter, this room was also used for
sleeping.
• In the summer, the family slept outdoors or Plan of the Hut/House
on the spacious verandah that was a part of
every house. • The circular house was based on
• There is also a cooking area or vantasala the concept of a verandah and
just outside the house. again verandah.
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20. • There is sometimes a shelter for the
bullock cart.
• A house will have a large container
made with twigs or bamboo and mud
for storing un husked rice or dhanyam.
• The inner room received light only
through the door to the room. Chicken battery Cattle Shed
• Because of the extremely low
overhang of the thatch roof, it was
better not to have windows.
• And the low overhang was to protect Interior of
the mud walls from the rains. the Hut
Wall & floor
Kitchen
decorated
with kolam
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21. Traditional Kolams-
patterns with Rice paste
outside the house
RECTANGULAR HUT
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22. • The walls are built by the cob wall technique
that places balls of mud to make an 18‖ thick
wall.
• Palmyra timber is used for rafter, palmyra
thatch for the roof and lime wash for the wall
finish.
• There is a flat mud roof and timber roof under
Cob Wall
the sloping thatched roof that protects the
belongings in case of a fire.
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