The Mahabaleshwara Temple of Sri Kshetra Gokarna is celebrating the ‘KADIRU HARANOTSAVA’ (the first harvesting of paddy)
This celebration as per the tradition, will be performed in a village called ‘Bankikodla’ near Gokarna. This celebration of Lord Mahabaleshwara goes to Bankikodla and next day the pooja in the paddy field and harvesting of the new crop will be done in the middle of farmers.
It is a festival for the farmer community in particular and to the devotees of Lord Mahabaleshwara in general. The farmers belive that, the first crop must be submitted to at the holy feet of Lord Mahabaleshwara, the emperor of whole universe.
