Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 9:44AM 
On either side of the track up to the temple. I was in line for about forty minutes, and I saw very few people buy these sweets, so the piles of them were mere ornamentation on the path.
Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 8:03PM 
To say it like the Christians, the parish of the Kenchammana Hosakote Temple comprises 42 villages around it. Today was the day of the yearly jathré, when the deity is given a new face, and the devotees are permitted to touch the feet of the Goddess. On only one other day may devotees seek her blessings touching her feet, which is during the Deepavali festival.
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 9:47AM 
It is coffee picking season in Nandi Thota
The plantation gave a good crop last year, and is recuperating from it this year. That means the yield won't be so much this time around, but still, the crop is not too bad. It has been raining, so some beans will fall to the ground, and increase work in this time of labor shortages. But the prices are good, and there is the news that India is now the third largest coffee exporter. So, in sum, there is good cheer in Malnad, though the Malnadigas won't tell you that.
