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'''''Kakkada''''' is a month in the [[Kodava people|Kodava]] calendar falling between 17 July and 16 August during the monsoon season. Kakkada is nothing but [[Ashadha|Ashada]] of the Kannadigas, Aati of the [[Tulu people|Tuluvas]] and Aadi of the [[Tamils]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Media|first=Search Coorg|date=2016-10-27|title=Kakkada Padinet festival in Coorg|url=https://www.searchcoorg.com/kakkada-padinet-festival-coorg/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Search Coorg|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Festivals ==<br />
Kakkada Padinett, literally translates as 18th day of the Kakkada month in the [[Kodava calendar]] in [[Kodagu]], is considered one of the significant and auspicious days.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-05-23|title='Kakkada Padinett'- the Enigma of 18!|url=https://www.evolveback.com/coorg/kakkada-padinett-the-enigma-of-18/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Coorg|language=en}}</ref> They prepare cakes and sweet porridge made from the essence of ''{{lang|kn-Latn|madd toppu}}'' or ''{{lang|kn-Latn|aati soppu}}'', a wild aromatic herb [[Justicia Wynaadensis]]. They are plucked and soaked (or boiled) in water to extract the aromatic juice, which is thick and dark violet in colour. It has been believed that the wild herb's leaves contain 18 varieties of herbal medicine as the plants emit a sweet aroma only on that day. surprisingly, this unique aroma that is not found on the plants prior to or after the 18th day.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kodagu First ยป Kakkada Padinett festival| date=4 August 2011 |url=http://www.kodagufirst.in/?tag=kakkada-padinett-festival|publisher=kodagufirst.in|access-date=2020-08-05|language=EN}}</ref> <br />
[[File:Cake from Maddu soppu.jpg|thumb|Sweet cake prepared during kakkada from {{lang|kn-Latn|maddu soppu}}]]<br />
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