Baḍugu Place Names

An inquiry into the true origin of words referring to place names in Baḍugu, especially those of Baḍuga hamlets and villages and places around them is quite interesting. It has both linguistic and historical significance. The place names bear ample evidence to the fact that Baḍugu is a primitive Draviḍian language spoken by a primitive Draviḍian tribe called Baḍuga of Nīlagiri (the Nilgiris).

Baḍugaru’s keen observation of the physical features of a place and the position from which they looked at a place and how they reached a place and the ways made by them walking there have enabled them to name the Places on the Nilgiris aptly.

That so many place names on the Nilgiris are Baḍugu names not only speak of the long unwritten history of Baḍugaru but also stand testimony to the fact that they knew the geography of the Nilgiris better than any other tribe inhabiting the Nilgiris.

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