MADIKERI: “Puthari”, harvest festival, will be celebrated across Kodagu on Wednesday. The festival marks bringing home the new paddy crop from the fields, symbolic of welcome to Goddess Lakshmi, who is the presiding deity of wealth.
A festival primarily confined to Kodavas in the past, is now being celebrated by other communities also in the district. The festival takes place on the full moon day.
Men, women and children go to the paddy field in the evening and bring home paddy sheaves. Women carry “taliyakki bolakk”, a bronze tray with rice, betel leaves, arecanut and a lamp. Firecrackers are burst to add to the merriment.
In villages, people gather at a particular spot and leave to their respective paddy fields. They return with paddy sheaves, chanting “Poli Poli Deva…..” (prayers seeking wealth, health and prosperity). (more)
A festival primarily confined to Kodavas in the past, is now being celebrated by other communities also in the district. The festival takes place on the full moon day.
Men, women and children go to the paddy field in the evening and bring home paddy sheaves. Women carry “taliyakki bolakk”, a bronze tray with rice, betel leaves, arecanut and a lamp. Firecrackers are burst to add to the merriment.
In villages, people gather at a particular spot and leave to their respective paddy fields. They return with paddy sheaves, chanting “Poli Poli Deva…..” (prayers seeking wealth, health and prosperity). (more)
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