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Story of Kadalekai Parishe for Children

A few hundred years ago, there was a small village called Basavanagudi in Bengaluru in Karnataka Farmers in Basavanagudi and surrounding villages cultivated groundnuts. These farmers had a problem. On every full moon day, a bull used to charge into the groundnut fields and damage the crop. They used to incur heavy loss because of this. So, one night they waited for the bull to come and when it did, they started to chase it. The bull ran very fast over a hillock. The villagers followed. But once they reached on top, it disappeared. Instead of the bull, they saw an idol of Nandi there. Nandi is also called Basava in Kannada. To the farmers' utter surprise, the idol began to grow bigger and bigger. They nailed an iron peg on the heard of the idol and stopped it from growing any further. Thinking the bull attack and finding the idol as divine co-incidence, they pledged to offer their first crop to Nandi. They built a temple to Nandi Basava which is now famous as Basavanagudi or Bull temple. The Nandi idol stands 15 feet tall and 20 feet long. The day the farmers offer their first groundnut harvest of the year is celebrated as Kadalekai Parishe in the vicinity of Basavanagudi Bull temple. It is a two day long fair and farmers from far off villages come to offer their first crop to Nandi. Apart from Sellnggroundnuts, the fair also sells traditional dolls, toys, bangles, food items, and the farmers make a living from their crop.