Toda Life style!! (Ancient indian people )

"justify concluding that a figure of 700 to 800 is likely to be close to the mean, and that variance in either direction is owing on the one hand to epidemic calamity and gradual recovery subsequently (1921 (640), 1931 (597), 1941 (630)) or on the other hand to an excess of double enumeration" (suggested already by census officers for 1901 and 1911, and possibly for 1951). Another source of confusion in the data is the various enumerators' proclaimed or unofficial inclusion or exclusion of Christian Todas... Giving a number between 700 and 800 is extremely speculative, and may be pessimistic in the near future, given that community-wide public health measures appear to be yielding rising birth rates.

Clothing:
The Toda outfit is made up of a single piece of material that is wrapped around a dhoti for men and worn as a skirt for women with a shawlwrap for women.

Economy:-
Cattle herding and dairy work are their sole occupations. The buffalo milk is stored in holy dairies.

Marriage:-
They used to practise fraternal polyandry, which is when a woman marries all of her family's brothers, but they no longer do. The eldest brother was assumed to be the father of all offspring from such marriages. Females outnumber males by around three to five. Female infanticide was once common in the society. Families in the Toda tribe arrange for couples to marry as children.

Houses:-
A Toda Tribe home in the Nilgiris, India. Take note to the front wall's ornamentation and the tiny door.
The Todas reside in munds, which are small hamlets.
The dogles, or Toda huts, are oval, pent-shaped structures with sliding doors. They typically stand 10 feet (3 metres) tall, 18 feet (5.5 metres) long, and 9 feet (2.7 metres) wide. They are thatched and made of bamboo with rattan fastenings. The hut's basic bent shape is created by arched bamboo canes. Over this frame, thinner bamboo canes (rattan) are connected tight and parallel to each other. As thatch, dried grass is placed on top. Each cabin is surrounded by a loose stone wall.

Food
The Todas are vegetarians who do not consume meat, eggs, or fish (although some villagers do eat fish). The buffalo were milked in a sacred dairy, which also served as a processing centre for their gifts. Buffalo milk can be found in a variety of forms, including butter, buttermilk, yoghurt, cheese, and just plain drinking. Rice is a fundamental food that goes well with dairy and curries.

Religion:-
In Muthunadu Mund, near Ooty, India, there is a Toda temple.
A Toda green funeral is seen in this photograph (1871-72).
Toda temple in the early 1900s.
The goddess Teikirshy and her brother, according to Toda religion, produced the sacred buffalo first, followed by the first Toda man and woman. Many traditions honour the buffalo, and their diet is based on its milk and other products.

The Toda religion elevated high-ranking males to the status of holy milkmen, making them priests of the sacred dairy. The holy milkman was forbidden from crossing bridges while in office, according to Sir James Frazer in 1922 (see passage below from Golden Bough). He had to cross rivers on foot or in the water. People are not allowed to wear shoes of any kind.