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Dodda Vira Rajendra was the ruler of the Kingdom of Coorg from 1780 to 1809. He is considered a hero of Coorg history for having freed the kingdom from the occupation of Tipu Sultan, the king of Mysore. He later aided the British in their fight against Tipu Sultan. [2]
Early during the rule of his successor, Dodda Virappa (1687–1736), the army of the neighbouring kingdom of Mysore, under the orders of Wodeyar Chikka Devaraja, attacked and seized Piriyapatna, a territory which abutted Coorg (see Map 11), and which was then being ruled by a kinsman of Dodda Virappa. [6]
Linga Raja died in 1780 leaving behind his young sons, the eldest being (Dodda) Vira Rajendra. [14] As they were young, Hyder became their guardian and took over Coorg completely. [15] Instead of setting a son of the previous Raja, Hyder Ali made a priest (Subbarasaya) the ruler in Coorg.
May 31, 2010 · The history of the Coorg Rajahs is delineated in the Rajendraname, a work compiled by order of Dodda Vira Rajendra Wodeyar, the hero of Coorg history, and the Coorg beau ideal of a warrior king. It comprises a period of 175 years, from 1633 to 1807.
May 19, 2023 · Dodda Vira Rajendra seized control of the Madikeri Fort in 1790 and it underwent a series of changes by Linga Rajendra II from 1812 to 1814. He built a square Mantapa at a height for the erstwhile ruling clan to relax in leisure in order to enjoy the cool breeze and the view of the lush green landscape.
- Priya Radhakrishnan
When Tipu Sultan assumed leadership of the Mysore state, he imprisoned the three princes—Linga Rajendra, Appanna, and the eldest, Dodda Vira Rajendra—in Periyapatna as a response to the Kodagu rebellion.
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This miniature depicts Dodda Vira Raja, ruler of Coorg (Kodagu), a rural district in the southwest Indian state of Karnataka, from 1780 to 1809.
