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    The Toda people are an indigenous group living in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu, India. They traditionally lived in small settlements called "munds" consisting of a few iconic circular thatched huts with low entrances. The huts have bamboo frames, grass thatched roofs, and interior spaces divided by a central firepit. While interacting with outsiders has changed Toda culture, efforts are underway to preserve their traditional housing and way of life.

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    The Toda people are an indigenous group living in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu, India. They traditionally lived in small settlements called "munds" consisting of a few iconic circular thatched huts with low entrances. The huts have bamboo frames, grass thatched roofs, and interior spaces divided by a central firepit. While interacting with outsiders has changed Toda culture, efforts are underway to preserve their traditional housing and way of life.

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    The Toda people are an indigenous group living in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu, India. They traditionally lived in small settlements called "munds" consisting of a few iconic circular thatched huts with low entrances. The huts have bamboo frames, grass thatched roofs, and interior spaces divided by a central firepit. While interacting with outsiders has changed Toda culture, efforts are underway to preserve their traditional housing and way of life.

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    Toda House

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    TODA HOUSES

    TAMIL NADU
    INTRODUCTION

     In the wondrous surroundings of Nilgiris, you can’t be without hearing the tales of the Toda tribe, who are believed
    to have been an inseparable part of it. They are indigenous, the most primitive pastoral people, and reclusive in
    nature. It was the British who took notice of them and fell in love with their charm, culture and character.
     Ooty was called Ootacamund because it was also a small Toda hamlet once. The Toda hamlets, a small collection
    of their huts across most of the plateau are known as “mund”.
     They have iconic rainbow huts, patched with mud and straw.

     The architecture is very interestingly done with bamboo planks latched together at regular intervals. They have a
    small doorway , no windows and the walls are decorated with motifs of buffaloes. In some structures, one literally
    has to crawl to make way to the inside.
     Every mund has a temple, parabolic half-barrel shaped structure and a head priest. Along with treating their
    buffalo sacred, the Toda men worship a stone and use an earthen lamp in the temple.
     There is no idol worship for the Todas. Salutation for the sun is a morning ritual and they wind their day with
    praises for nature. These tribes have an extensive knowledge around flowers because their thinking tool revolves
    around flowers.
    TODA PEOPLE

    • Toda people are a Dravidian ethnic group who live in the Indian state of Tami Nadu. Before the 18th
    century and British colonisation, the Toda coexisted locally with other ethnic communities, including
    the Kota, Badaga and Kurumba, in a loose caste-like society, in which the Toda were the top ranking.

    • During the 20th century, the Toda population has hovered in the range 700 to 900. Although an
    insignificant fraction of the large population of India, since the early 19th century the Toda have
    attracted "a most disproportionate amount of attention because of their ethnological aberrancy" and
    "their unlikeness to their neighbors in appearance, manners, and customs". 

    • The study of their culture by anthropologists and linguists proved significant in developing the fields
    of social anthropology and ethnomusicology.

    •  The Toda lands are now a part of The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO-designated International
    Biosphere Reserve; their territory is declared UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    TODA HOUSES

     The toda huts are based in the Nilgiri range of Tamil Nadu, in southern India.

     This area has a unique climatic ecosystem, like an island of cool breeze surrounded by steamy heat on all
    sides. The toda people were the local tribes of this region and this hut was constructed by them as their
    living space.
     This hut is more like a dwelling than a hut, the dwellings are built close together and often aligned in a row.

     A typical settlement may contain up to 5 dwellings, a dairy dairy house and various buffalo pens for their
    cattle known as Hundi. Their houses are barrel vaulted with a largely sheltered roof that covers the whole
    structure and goes down till the ground.
     Sturdy bamboo poles are placed on the front and back facade which span the whole length of the house.
    This forms the structure of the house, the largest pole being in the center for support. Over this bamboo
    structure there are arches made from split bamboo and a vine like plant leaf called Rattan.
     Dried grass is used for the thatched exterior as a roof covering. The front and back sides sometimes have
    granite or decorated stone.
    TODA HOUSES

     The main entrance is very small and odd, about 90cm in height and width to protect the
    occupants from harsh weather and wild animals.
     The front is usually decorated with tribal symbols and patterns. This structure contains no
    windows therefore the inside is very dark.
     There is a single raised platform 45-60cm high used for sleeping and sitting, on the other
    side of the hut is the cooking area.
     There is a small hole sunk into the ground in the center of the hut that divided it into pure
    and impure zones, which is attached to path and waterways. The smoke from the cooking
    escapes through the thatch as there is no chimney.
     Interaction with other people has caused a major change in the toda lifestyle and culture.
    Today these huts are made from concrete, ever since the 21st century these dwellings
    have been the focus of an international effort for environmental restoration.
    PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION
    VIEWS
    REFERENCE

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toda_people

     https://sightofinsights.wordpress.com/2019/03/03/toda-hut-indias-vernacular-architecture/

     https://insideinside.org/project/toda-huts-nilgiri-mountain-range-tamil-nadu-india-1860/

     https://www.manjulikapramod.com/travel/toda-tribes-puthukuli-and-nilgiris-of-india/
    THANK YOU

    SUBMITTED BY
    AGHIN MOULIK (ROLL NO; 05,S7A)
    AYSHA NASNIN (ROLL NO; 07,S7B)

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