WHAT IS KADALEKAI PARISHES:- Kadalekai Parishe (Kannada: ಕಡಲೆಕಾಯಿ ಪರಿಶೆ), is an annual groundnut fair held in Bangalore. This two day fair is held near the Dodda Ganesha Temple in Basavanagudi. Apart from the Groundnuts, there are numerous stalls in the fair, selling Bangles, traditional toys and clay trinkets, plastic and glass dolls, Mehndi tattoos. There are a variety of food items, such as Bajji, Bonda, Batthaas (Coloured sugar candies), Kalyana seve or Bendu (Sugar coated gram) and Coloured sodas on sale during the fair. Kadalekai Parishe, is a Kannada word, which literally translates to Groundnut fair. History[edit] In the past, Basavanagudi was surrounded by villages like Sunkenahalli, Guttahalli, Mavalli, Dasarahalli and other places where groundnut was cultivated. On every full moon day a bull would charge into the groundnut fields and damage the crop. The farmers then offered prayers to Basava (Nandi) to stop this and pledged to offer their first crop. Subsequently, an Idol of Basava was found close by. It has been said that, the Idol was growing rapidly, and the farmers nailed an iron peg on the head of the idol, which is visible in the form of a trishula even to this date. Later in the year 1537, Kempe Gowda, dedicated a temple to ‘Dodda Basava’ on top of the Basavanagudi hillock and installed the Idol. This temple is known as Bull Temple. Ever since, the farmers from surrounding villages come here every year and offer their annual harvest of groundnut as offering to Lord Basava. This is accompanied by the annual fair, which is known as the Kadlekai Parishe. ******************************************************************************* City Set for Historic Annual Kadlekai Parishe:- newindianexpress/cities/bangalore/City-Set-for-Historic-Annual-Kadlekai-Parishe/2014/11/17/article2527214.ece BENGALURU: The city is all set for the annual Kadlekai Parishe, the two-day historic groundnut fair. The fair begins on Bull Temple Road today. It is celebrated on the last Monday of the Karthika month of the Hindu calendar. “More than 500 groundnut and puffed rice sellers will gather on either side of the road leading to the Bull Temple. Sellers come from across the state and also from neighbouring states,” Sunkenahalli councillor P Sadashiva, who is attending the fair for the last 35 years, said. It is a one of its kind fair wherein the farmers sell their first harvest. There are a number of stories about the fair. From COIMBATORE VENKATA SUBBARAO RAGHAVENDRA RAO.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 01:41:50 +0000
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