The chief village, Keradr (Kannagimand), is situated in the south-west part of the hills near the Teivali village of Keadr. Keradr is also the male funeral place of the clan and was not occupied at the time of my visit. At this time most of the Keradrol were living at Tovalkan, near Paikara, a recent village at which there is a dairy of the ordinary kind (tarvali). Near the houses there is a raised mound shown in [Fig. 59], erected to mark the spot on which Keirevan (26) was killed by falling from a tree into which he had climbed to cut wood.
Kanòdrs
This is one of the outlying Toda clans, and its people were said to have been less influenced by the altered conditions on the hills than any other clan, but they seem nevertheless to have given up several of their institutions. The sacred poh is only occasionally occupied, and I am doubtful whether they can be said to be in a more untouched condition than several other clans. The people are often called the Kererol, but I could not find that there was any village of Kerer from which this name is derived, and it is possibly the name of a district of [[656]]the hills. The clan is distinguished by its possession of the conical poh at Kanòdrs, and by the fact that many of the adventures of Kwoto or Meilitars took place in the region it inhabits. Although Kwoto was a Melgars man, he is regarded as having a close connexion with the Kanòdrs people, and various features of the ritual of the Kanòdrs poh are said to be derived from him.
The clan is at present a small one, with a distinct majority of females. In fact, it seems so usual for members of this clan to have no children or only female children that there is some likelihood that the Kanòdrsol may become extinct. The present numbers are about thirteen males and twenty-three females.
There was some doubt as to the number of kudr. I was told that there are three, headed by Arsolv (27), Kineri (29), and Pòlkab (30) respectively, but at an irnörtiti ceremony both Arsolv and Kineri would give to Pòlkab, while the latter would give to both, so that it seems probable that there are properly only two kudr, as in other clans. One of these has only one pòlm, that of Pòlkab. The other has three pòlm, headed by Arsolv, Neratkutan (28), and Kineri.
The following are the chief villages of the Kanòdrsol:—
Kanòdrs (Devarmand). This village now consists of the poh only. There are still two mani at this village, one of which is called Pünkòghlag, a name closely resembling the name of the churning-stick at the ti. There are at present no dwelling-huts at the place, nor any remains of such huts, though it would appear from the legend of Kwoten that the village was inhabited at one time.
Pishkwosht (Bikkapatimand). This is a large village where most of the Kanòdrsol now live. The only dairy is in ruins. Close to the village there are a number of flat stones almost level with the ground ([Fig. 71]) which are called Teuâr, “the god way,” and are said to mark the spot where the gods (teu) used to meet. Just above these is a large buffalo pen, which is reputed not to have been made by man. Whenever the gods went this way they used to deposit pieces of dried buffalo-dung on this spot and these became the stones of the tu. [[657]]
Near the village is a forest hut, and opposite this are two stones called pedrkars. The Todas once had a large gathering here, and a man jumped a long distance which was recorded by means of these stones.
