Karnataka's groundnut festival 'Kadalekai Parishe' begins after a gap of two years

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Karnataka's groundnut festival 'Kadalekai Parishe'

Karnataka's famous groundnut festival 'Kadalekai Parishe' begins on November 21, 2022, after a two-year Covid-19 hiatus.

Important facts

  • A special puja was performed at the Doddabasavanna temple, and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai officially inaugurated the event.

  • Different varieties of groundnut supplied by farmers from all over Karnataka and neighboring states are the main attraction of the fair.

  • Bull Temple Road was lined with hundreds of vendors offering everything from flowers to jewellery, food and fruits, tattoos and artefacts, which drew crowds.

Kadalekai Parishe Festival

  • In the street opposite Basavanagudi is the famous Bull Temple, where the Kadalekai Parishe is held every year.

  • Groundnut farmers from Karnataka as well as neighbouring areas of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh bring bags of groundnuts to sell at the fair.

  • Many Bengaluru residents enter Kadalekai Palli to buy groundnuts and participate in cultural exchange.

  • The festival originated when a bull attacked the crops of groundnut farmers in Sankenahalli, Mavalli, Dasarahalli and Hosakerehalli (Karnataka villages), destroying the entire crop and causing them huge losses a few centuries ago.

  • Thereafter, King Kempegowda of Bangalore built a large temple at Basavanagudi to ward off the bull, and groundnut farmers made it a custom to pray at the temple with their first crop.

  • Every year, on the final Monday of the holy month of Karthika Masa, the Kadlekai Parishe is held.


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