A Community that breathes Agriculture
https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/a-community-that-breathes-agriculture-1211311.html Gokarna, known among tourists and pilgrims is a popular travelling destination for summer. Besides beaches and temples, very few are acquainted with its other facets, like the indigenous ‘Halakki Vokkaliga’ tribe and their expertise towards agriculture. Fragmented fields of just two-four cents don’t seem to make any difference, as they grow variety of crops which are rare to find elsewhere. The most sought after vegetables of coastal Uttara Kannada White sweet potatoes (bili genasu), parrot green twisted hot chillies (Gokarna mensu), slendor long purple, white and green streaked brinjals (gokarna badane), burgundy colored broad leaved amaranthus (kempu ottu harive), ash gourds & pumpkins double the size of our head, pear shaped bot...