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Kadlekai Parishe - Groundnut Fair, Bangalore Did you know that the Kadlekai Parishe - Groundnut Fair, was initiated by Hirya Kempegowda in the year 1537 by the founder of Bangalure, to appease Nandi, the Bull, near Dodda Basava temple, near the Bull Temple road at Basavanagudi in Bangalore city? Kadlekai Parishe, also spelled Kadalekai Parishe, ಕಡಲೆಕಾಯಿ ಪರಿಷೆ in Kannada, is an annual groundnut fair held in Basavanagudi suburb of Bangalore city on the last Monday of Karthika Masa (month of November), a grand colourful festival that celebrates groundnuts in all its varities, forms and glory. The initiative to celebrate this festival of groundnuts was taken by Hirya Kempegowda, the founder of Bangalore (now Bengaluru) in the year 1537 to help farmers of the region from the marauding onslaught of rogue bulls destroying their groundnut agricutlurual fields during the harvest season on the particular day of Full Moon in the month of Kartik (November-De...

Groundnut Did you know that Groundnuut is one of the most popular and universal crops cultivated in more than 100 countries in six continents, including Indian subcontinent? Did you know that Groundnut, which is called 'Poor Man's Almond", is believed to be originated from South America, and is one of the most important crops in the world, both for vegetative oil and as a protein source? Groundnuut, with botanical name Arachis hypogaea, is a species in the legume or "bean" family. It is also known as earthnuts, ground nuts, goobers, goober peas, pindas, jack nuts, pinders, manila nuts and monkey nuts; the last of these is often used to mean the entire pod. Botanical name 'Arachis hypogaea' is derived from two Greek words, Arachis means a legume and hypogaea means below ground, referring to the formation of pods in the soil. The groundnut or peanut is a very commonly used food plant, valued mainly for its edible seed and oil, but a...