The above potrait is of Princess Mooda Maji ( or perhaps Princess
“Muthamma” ), the second daughter of Dodda Virajendra, the Raja
of Coorg and the architect of the Coorg victory against the
Mysorean army of Tipu Sultan, who ruled from 1788 to 1809. This
is the only know portrait of the Princess of Coorg.
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