Bengaluru: Basavanagudi residents approach police seeking ban on ‘tutturi’ during Kadalekai Parishe

The world-famous Basavanagudi Kadalekai Parishe or groundnut fair will commence on December 9 and will go on till December 11. 

Thousands of people are expected to visit it. 

Even though it has gained a lot of popularity for the sheer variety of products sold that include bangles, groundnuts, toys, clothing, musical instruments, among others, it has also been a sort of botheration for many. 

Locals of the area have approached the police station, seeking a ban on tutturi, which is a musical instrument, producing loud noise. 

Visitors enjoy themselves in the fair festivities by playing this instrument. However, the sound it emanates has irked many people living in the area. 

NewsFirst Prime has learnt that if the police concerned do not take any preventive action, they will not hesitate approaching the court in this regard. 

More on the fair

During the fair, special worship is conducted at the bull temple. People get to buy groundnuts directly from farmers, at rates cheaper than the market value. 

Streets are decorated during the fair. 

Legend has it that groundnut growers offered their first harvest to Lord Basava (bull) as a measure to protect it from a raging bull that would destroy the crops.