Kadalekai Parishe
kadalekai parishe kannada ಕಡಲೆಕಾಯಿ ಪರಿಷೆ annual groundnut fair held basavanagudi bangalore twoday fair farmer part state bring first crop groundnut offer basavanna also numerous stall groundnut different variety freshly plucked groundnut fried groundnut shell unshelled boiled groundnut many apart groundnut numerous stall fair selling bangle bag traditional toy clay trinket plastic glass doll mehndi tattoo variety food item bajji bonda batthaas coloured sugar candy kalyana seve bendu sugar coated gram coloured soda sale fair groundnut vendor benefited total plastic consumption fair came kadalekai parishe kannada word literally translates groundnut fair hundred year ago small village called basavanagudi bengaluru karnataka farmer basavanagudi surrounding village like sunkenahalli gavipuram guttahalli mavalli dasarahalli cultivated groundnut farmer problem every full moon day bull used charge groundnut field damage crop used incur heavy loss one night waited bull come started chase bull ran fast hillock villager followed reached top disappeared instead bull saw idol nandi nandi also called basava kannada farmers’ utter surprise idol began grow bigger bigger nailed iron peg head idol stopped growing thinking bull attack finding idol divine coincidence pledged offer first crop nandi built temple nandi basava famous basavanagudi bull temple nandi idol stand foot tall foot long day farmer offer first groundnut harvest year celebrated kadalekai parishe vicinity basavanagudi bull temple two day long fair farmer far village come offer first crop nandi apart sellnggroundnuts fair also sell traditional doll toy bangle food item farmer make living crop people say night kadalekai parishe used end lord basavanna big bull used come animal form eat groundnut peel left overnight street every year kadalekai parishe annual groundnut fair held last monday karthika masa month hindu calendar day difference karthika month followed karnataka tamilnadu event date based karnataka version hindu calendar november main event