Puttari – The Harvesting Festival

Puttari – The Harvesting Festival


Puttari’ means new rice, and Puttari or Huthari is the rice harvest festival in Coorg. Puthari is usually celebrated during end of November or early December. On the Puttari day, the whole family assemble in their ‘Ain Mane’ (the common family house) which is decorated with flowers, banana and mango leaves.