When a harvest festival comes to Bengaluru
The HinduBengaluru south resident Sachin Rai remembers a time when the area around what is today Bannerghatta Road had lush green agricultural fields with ragi and groundnut crops aplenty. But as the city of Bengaluru has grown, swallowing the villages around it -- becoming Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike -- and with it all the farmlands too, all this is a thing of the past. Ring of villages Bengaluru is surrounded by a ring of villages and towns like Hoskote, Devanahalli, Nelamangala, Ramanagara and Anekal that are a lifeline to the city supplying it with its agriculture produce, especially vegetables, fruits and greens, known for their grapes, pamelos, avare kayi among others. By many names This is what makes Sankranti -- a festival celebrated across the country by different names by different agricultural communities such as Pongal, Lohri, Bihu and many more -- all the more precious.
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