Small houses on either side of narrow roads, busy traditional bazaars that
bountifully display spices & vegetables, old-fashioned name boards that
remind you of the 80s and a group of elderly at the pocket-sized tea shops who
make you forget GPSs and Google Maps... that’s a scene from a small village
called Kodiyala located a few kilometers away from the historical town of
Srirangapatna that was once ruled by Tippu Sultan. What makes this village
unique is the fact that the weavers of Kodiyala wove the clothes for the royal
families of Mysore, Tippu Sultan and many political leaders. This village is a
home to hundreds of ‘Padmashalis’, a Telugu-speaking weaver
community known to have migrated from Andhra Pradesh hundreds of years back.
