Ainmanes

It is a joint patrilineal clan with males of common ancestry who share an okka name.

In the past, ainemane houses formed the focal meeting points in the rural landscape.

The shrine is usually made of clay or wood or covered with sheet metal, and housed within a roofed structure built near the entrance to the ainmane.

[7] In every home a lamp called Nellakki Deepa is lit in honour of the Guru Karana.

Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa had undertaken a project to collect information regarding each and every Ainmane found in Kodagu, irrespective of the community or caste of the clan members residing in them.