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Fairs
 The villagers associate themselves with several periodical fairs both inside the
village and out of it. The important fairs with in the village are Sri. Vithappa
fair observed at the time of Shigi Hunnive and Sri Shidlingappa fair at the time
of Shivaratri. Some of the important fairs outside the village are Sri.
Veerbhadradev fair at Godachi (Belgaum district), Sri Yellamma Devi fair at
Saundatti and Banashankari fair at Badami (Bijapur district).
Sri Vithappa Fair
Sri Vithappa fair is held in honour of Vithappa deity
of the village. It is observed for three days immediately after Shigi
Hunnive. About 7 to 8 thousand people gather at the time. The deity is
taken out in a palanquin in a procession accompanied by about 60 parties
of drummers from different parts of the state. The devotees offer sheep
to the deity. The Pujari sells them and the amount realized is credited
to the temple funds. Devotees bring pure milk and they consider it a good
omen if it gets converted into curds before offering it to the deity.
Another feature of this fair is that a person from Chunchanoor village,
picks out some grains in his palm from some bags kept in the temple. The
grain he picks out is then to be the crop which will have rich yield that
year.
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Sri Shidlingappa's Fair
Sri Shidlingappa's fair is observed on Shivaratri day.
On this day the deity is taken in a palanquin accompanied by drummers
(Dollu and Majalu) from several neighbouring villages to the river. The
deity is then worshipped.
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Godachi fair
The Godachi fair is an important fair held in the month
of Kartik. Godachi is a village in Ramdurg Taluk. This fair is held in
honour of Shri Veerabhadra and it is managed by government.
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Shri Yellamma Devi fair
Shri Yellamma Devi fair at Saundatti
are held about 5 times between October and February. But the biggest is
the one held on the full moon day of Margasira.
Banashankari Devi fair
Banashankari Devi fair near Badami is held annually in
January on the full moon day and lasts for 10 to 12 days. Rathotsava is
an important item of the fair. Agricultural implements, utensils and other
articles of domestic needs are put up for sale and the villagers make
many of their purchases at this fair.
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