Toda Mund (Indian Hobbit Holes)
The Toda people are a small pastoral tribal community who live on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in hill country of Southern India
The Todas live in small hamlets called munds. The Toda huts, called dogles, are of an oval, pent-shaped construction. They are built of bamboo. Each hut is enclosed within a wall of loose stones.
The hut has a tiny entrance at the front – about 3 feet (90 cm) wide, 3 feet (90 cm) tall, through which people must crawl to enter the interior. This unusually small entrance is a means of protection from wild animals. The front portion of the hut is decorated with the Toda art forms, a kind of rock mural painting.
From 1995 to 2005, forty new huts were built in this style, and many Toda sacred dairies(Temples) were renovated. Each has a narrow stone pit around it and the tiny door is held shut with a heavy stone. Only the priest may enter it. It is used forstorage of the sacred of buffalo milk
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