The Nadkerianda Ainmane in Karada, Coorg is a magnificent specimen of a mund mane or house with an inner courtyard. Typically, most Ainmanes face east, unless there is a shrine nearby, in which case the entrance faces the shrine. Like most traditional houses, Ainmanes have a host of interesting architectural details, where form follows function. They were built by craftsmen from Kerala and used wood extensively. Instead of a foundation, they were built on a raised mud plinth, about a meter in height above the ground. Mud mixed with the resinous bark of the kulur mavu tree (found in Coorg),

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