Miuni (Marlimand). This is a village of the Kuudrol which is reverenced by all Todas on account of the belief that it was formerly the meeting-place of the gods. It is a very picturesque village, situated near the Marlimand reservoir and has two dairies.
Kwirg is chiefly important as the place at which new pep is made for the Kuudr clan. Its prayer is given on p. [222].
Ars is an uninteresting village near Kuudr.
Peivòrs. This is a village near Paikara. It contains a double house, shown in [Fig. 8], and has two dairies, one of which is now used as a calf-house. The second dairy was built when two families were living at the village, and the one dairy was not large enough for both.
Pirsush. This is a kalolmad.
Karia, a village near the Paikara road, from which a modern long house in the Tamil style is to be seen. Behind this are the old dwelling-hut and the dairy. At the time of my visit the new house was unoccupied and the people were living in the old hut.
Piedr
The people of Piedr derive their special importance from the fact that they provide the palol for the sacred ti of Nòdrs. According to tradition, they had this privilege exclusively at one time; later, they shared it with the Kuudrol, and now they share with the people of Kusharf. They form a fairly large clan, having about twenty-eight male and fourteen female members.
As in the case of the Kuudrol, there was some doubt about [[671]]the divisions of the clan. There are said to be three kudr, of which the chief men are Teikudr (63), Eisòdr (64), and Nongarsivan (62). If a man of Teikudr’s division has to perform the irnörtiti ceremony, the buffalo goes to Eisòdr’s division, and vice versa. If a man of Nongarsivan’s division performs the ceremony, the buffalo would go to both the other divisions. Thus Nongarsivan’s kudr seems to form an extra division, like that of Tövoniners among the Kuudrol. I did not obtain any explanation of this, but it is probably due to the fact that the people of Nongarsivan’s division live at Kavidi in the Wainad, and are, in consequence, regarded as being outside the regular affairs of the clan. I failed to obtain an account of the pòlm.
The chief village of the clan is now rarely visited. It is in the northern parts of the hills near the Badaga village of Hullatti. I had hoped to have visited it and the neighbouring village of Kusharf, but had not time. Some members of the clan visit the village of Piedr once a year, but I did not learn what was done on the occasion.