Nov 18, 2009

Kadalekayi Parishe

Hi, yesterday was "Kadalekai Parishe" (Groundnut fair) held in Basavanagudi in Bull temple road. I too went to that fair along with my Mom, they celebrated it very grandly, even i too did not image they would celebrate so grandly from the main road till the 'Bull temple' there were full of groundnut shops and other shops. I thought that the price of the groundnut may be cheap when I asked them it was more than the actual price. There were also joy rides like giant wheel etc. And in the temple it was very crowdy, the God was also decorated with groundnuts, it looked so beautiful. I too had fun there....... Story behind the "Kadalekai Parishe"
The legend has it that the surrounding area of the temple, known as Sunkenahalli was cultivated for groundnut. A bull started grazing in the well-grown groundnut crop, at this, a farmer got furious and hit the bull with a club. Immediately the bull sat down becoming motionless and was transformed into a stone. Poor farmers were left stun and felt guilty. For their repentance they decided to build a temple for the bull, to their surprise the bull was growing in height. The worried farmer then prayed to Lord Shiva who advised them to redeem a trident buried a few feet away from the bull and place the trident on the forehead of the stone statue to stop it from growing. Farmers followed the Lord’s advice and the bull stopped growing. Still one can see the trident place on bull’s forehead.Since then farmers offer their first crop of groundnut to the bull. The farmer’s hold a Groundnut fair known as Kadalekayi Parishe, near the temple premises every year, to show their thankfulness.Bull temple, Bangalore
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