Keddaso
keddaso also spelled keddasa tulu keḍḍasa ಕೆಡ್ಡಸ bhumi puje popularly known festival worshipping mother earth tulu nadu region south india mother earth bhoomi devi get menstruate day celebrated holistically tulunad name ‘keddasa’ important fourday fertility worship celebrated closing day tulu month ponny gregorian month february festival show environmental awareness people residing region keddasa normally fall month february celebrated three day named keddasa nadu keddasa kade keddasa celebrated winter region believed bhoomi devi get menstruated becomes fertile farming three day goddess undergoes ashaucha take rest people region perform farming activity give mother also mother earth rest according popular belief woman menstruate sign fertility also mother earth menstruates three day festival considered menstruating period mother earth festival agricultural operation remain suspended hindu home menstruating woman remain secluded even touch anything given full rest also mother earth given full rest three day agricultural operation stopped kade keddasa elderly lady family performs ritual make sarnadde unique dish tulunad plate front tulasi katte early morning wake put cow dung ambi around tulsi katte light lamp along keep kumkum shikakai front katte pours coconut oil soil symbol putting oil mother earth go bathe shikai kept based belief mother earth bathe shikakai bath come back put kumkum have sarnadde kept banana leaf keddasa one practice prevalent lentil like horse gram green gram dried coconut rice peanut called kudu ari roasted given winter time body need lot protein oil lentil would help body intact working condition arasu village went bonte hunting along villager way get rid animal trouble agricultural work also entertainment get break farming tuluvas made practice hunting keddasa nalike community traditionally perform bhoota kola visit invite every house member per ajalu village call keddasa bonte hunting eldest lady family offer big coconut good quantity rice arecanut betel leaf chilly garlic onion tamarind ingredient used making curry hunted prey calling paddana like sōmavāra keḍḍasa muṭṭune aṅgāra naḍu keḍḍasa budhavāra biripune paji kaḍpare balli unuṅgel polipyare balli arasule bōnṭeṅg sarver ullāyanakulu pōvōḍuge valasāri majalḍ kūḍdu valasari dērdd pālejjār jappunaga uḷḷāldinakulu kaḍipi kan̄jin nīrḍ pāḍōdu ōḍuḍ kaḍevoḍu kall ḍ roṭṭi pattavoḍu malla malla mr̥rgolu jattd barpa kaṭṭa ijjāndi beḍi kadi kaṭṭandina pagari kaila kaḍela pattd ujjergon̄ji erpu ērpād illa bēttaḍit untondu murgoleg tāṇṭāvoḍu malla malla murgolen jayipoḍu eṅk ayita kebi kār kai uppu mun̄ci puḷi koroḍu