Rice  

The Gaja cyclone that barrelled through the rice bowl of Tamil Nadu leaving in its wake a trail of destruction of monumental proportions, the death of Dravidian legend M Karunanidhi, and political churnings made 2018 an extraordinary year for the state.
 

The incident happened in Sulvadi village in Charamajanagar district, Karnataka, during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the gopura, the monumental entrance tower of the temple. The devotees were distributed rice bath as prasad. A few minutes later several devotees not only vomited but also complained of diarrhoea.

The Madras high court has said that distribution of free rice has made the people of Tamil Nadu lazy and observed that free PDS rice given to ration card holders should be restricted only to families below the poverty line.

A new case has been registered against BJP's K Surendran, who had received bail recently after his arrest over a clash at Sabarimala. The new case was lodged for blocking a 52-year-old, woman who came to Sabarimala for her grandchild's 'choroonu' (a ceremony where the child is fed rice for the first time). 

Harvesting will take place on the first week of November this year. If everything goes well, cultivation of black rice may emerge as a profitable crop for farmer of Bastar due to its high demand globally, say experts.
 

A group of women with their family reached Pamba for ‘chorunu’ (a ceremony for newborns where they are fed with rice for the first time). This is done at a local temple there.

The 38-year-old woman landed in Pamba, near Sabarimala, in her traditional attire carrying irumudi kettu, the mandatory offering of coconut, camphor, incense stick, rice and flowers.
 

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