The Groundnut (Peanut) Fair, colloquially called the Kadalekai Parishe
takes place once a year at Basavanagudi, in close proximity to Gandhi
Bazaar. Every year during November-December over 200 vendors come to the
city of Bangalore offering for sale tonnes of groundnuts. This photo essay
covers the 2011 Fair that took place this week on Nov 21st and 22nd
with Bull temple road becoming completely pedestrianised for the two
days.
The legend goes that for some years, on every full moon day, a bull would charge into the groundnut fields located here and damage the crop. The farmers then offered prayers to the Nandi Bull to stop this and pledged to offer their first crop. Ever since, farmers and traders come here from the neighbouring villages and towns with cartloads of groundnuts a week in advance and there are visitors to the fair from within the city and from many places nearby.
Groundnut growers, Balloon sellers and the Sugarcane juice vendors
The legend goes that for some years, on every full moon day, a bull would charge into the groundnut fields located here and damage the crop. The farmers then offered prayers to the Nandi Bull to stop this and pledged to offer their first crop. Ever since, farmers and traders come here from the neighbouring villages and towns with cartloads of groundnuts a week in advance and there are visitors to the fair from within the city and from many places nearby.
Groundnut growers, Balloon sellers and the Sugarcane juice vendors
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