Chamarajanagar: India is a vibrant land of festivities where every festival has a unique shade to it. Here in a remote village of Kaudanahalli, the locals tribals celebrate a festival called ‘Rotti Habba’, which brings together each and every family member in the village over lunch. Not just that, it is during this meeting over ‘Rotti’ that young unmarried men and women find a suitable match for themselves.
Nandikamba Kumbeshwara temple of Kaudanahalli in Kollegal taluk here witnesses this festival, which goes by the adage- the family that dines together stays together.
Indeed, the tribals of this village live like one family because every year they join their hands to host this marvelous ‘rotti habba’.
The main deity worshiped by the tribals here is ‘Jadeswamy’ and in his honour, they celebrate rotti habba, which also has in it events like meditation, bhajans etc.
During this festival, parents come to the venue with their daughters and sons because, the event also works as ‘matrimonial site’. The youth have the freedom to choose their life partner. The youth first selected the one of their choice, approach the person they liked and if the proposal is acce
