Nadipinayakanahalli

Geography

It is located 17 km towards East from District headquarters Chikballapur and 64 km from State capital Bangalore. Nadipinayakanahalli is surrounded by vijayapura town towards west, Hoskote Taluk towards South, Sidlahatta Taluk towards North, Chikballapur Taluk towards North-west, Chintamani Taluk towards North-East and follows Devanhalli Taluk towards South-West. Sidlaghatta, Vijayapura, Chikkaballapur, Chintamani are the nearby Cities to Nadipinayakanahalli.

Demographics

The population of the village ranges from 1000 to 1200. Most of the people are farmers and falls under lower middle class. The literacy rate is above 80% and has been increased because of successful implementation of various schemes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and illiteracy eradication schemes. Mostly People would send their children to navodaya school, government run school located in the village and other distant schools in Jangamakote cross and vijayapura hoping to give a good education.

Occupation

90% of the people rear silkworms. Sericulture and Agriculture are the two major occupation people rely on. Men in this area are very famous for Hard Working. Ragi is the main crop here during the rainy season apart from it people also concentrate on edible fruits and vegetables like Beetroot, Carrot, Cabbage, Grapes, Potato and fruits like Mango, Banana, Cucumber, Watermelon, Cashew Nut, papaya, Jack fruit, Jambu. Mulberry plants seen everywhere in the village. Water is the major problem here, People invest a lot of money on Bore wells and agriculture land has been converted to drought land because of the scarcity of water. Drip Irrigation has widely followed technique to water plants. The lake at the end of the village covers an area of approximately 150 to 250 acres. Since the lake is dry all over the year, Needy farmers yield ragi by acquiring and cultivating the land during the rainy season which is strictly banned by the state government. Lake partially fills during the rainy season and collected rain water dries out within a days after.

Domestic life

Dairy farming(Cattle rearing) is widely practiced as it is the secondary source of the income to the average middle-class families. H-F(Holstein Frisian) and Jersey are the two nonindigenous breeds mainly reared because of the more milk productivity rate. Desi cows like hallikar are disappearing as farmers rely completely on tractors for the cultivation of the land. Hallikar breed count has been drastically brought down from several hundred to single digit number. The proficient amount of fodder is not available to feed the cattle's. Adorable cows are being worshiped every year during sankranthi festival.

Dogs play a prominent role in nadipinayakanahalli. Everyone owns a dog because of the honesty, love, affection and aggressiveness. They are also part of balancing the food cycle or ecological cycle of the village. They accompany villagers many times during routine walks and in the garden. Sometimes stray dogs attack ships, goats, hens and later loses their life by much-anticipated aggression and their avenging mentality of villagers. Rare encounters between human and snakes are common, Ill-fated Cobras rarely enters houses looking for prey like rats, frogs and hens then eventually ending up their life in ironical death. snake bites are often reported but the mortality rate is zero because of the on time treatment at nearby hospitals.

Transportation

Every family owns vehicles like bikes, tractors and cars. People would often prefer cycles more than bikes for riding farms and gardens. There are no proper road structures and people certainly assumes road in front and beside of their houses as their own. which has been used to tighten cows, buffaloes, ships goats and for parking vehicles. Blocking the road for own work interests happens every time resulting in a lot of misunderstandings and fights.

Forest Area

The village is surrounded by dry forest towards the east. Eucalyptus, Tamarind, Sandalwood, Teak, Bamboo and other trees are grown. The forest guards patrons the boundary regularly to counter the villagers from cutting the trees, As affordable eucalyptus tree are heavily available. Most of the time smuggling the trees are common because of the increased demand for the eucalyptus tree poles and it's domestic use to build huts, stands etc. Wild animals like Deer, Pigs, Wolf, Jackal, Rabbit and Bear are the natural habitat in the reserved forest of the area of nadipinayakanahalli under jangamakote plantation. Hunting wild animals is prohibited. But sometimes wild pigs risks their life while crossing the trapped wires and well and rarely by falling down to the water wells in search of water thus becoming a nice meal for the villagers. Eucalyptus trees (Neelagiri mara) occupies 70% of village non-irrigated area, Which is also the major reason for ground water level depletion.

Sports

Cricket is the very popular game here. Volleyball, Carrom, Chess and kabbadi also played occasionally. In the last decade, cricket was played all over the year at local yards, shyamannana bidu, government school field, the dry field of lake etc. and wherever boys feel comfortable. Sonne Gowda (Manja) is the very popular rural talented guy born and brought up in the village. He Out dominates the game every time, a complete all rounder, best finisher, has the ability to turn the match single handed. He leads the team in every match and tournaments. He is an excellent example of a typical Indian rural skilled guy, who excels the passion on the cricket without any coaching, family support. But unfortunately, helpless poor boys would end up their career in darkness because of lack of potential support by the families and teachers. Ironically their dreams also fade away without any realization. Indeed, lack of interest in outfield games among the teenagers has been reduced from time to time because of the effect of TV and Mobiles. Parents don't support sports and wish their children to become well-educated graduates to earn the handful of money. They often watch their kids playing at yards and would call them off if they intend them to work in garden and fields.

Places to see

Anjaneya temple(Hanuman temple), Ganagamma temple, Muneshwara temple are the religious places in the village. Old cave identified in the forest which can only be seen from outside. It was vandalized due to landslide during heavy rain but still one can notice the concave structure of it with the help of village guide. Dubai estate which village people usually address the plantation of a real estate businessman where beautiful trees, swimming pool, guest house are found. Mud track in the estate has been used for car race during every summer. People from nearby villages gather to enjoy the race.Kaivara, the popular hill station is just 10 km far from nadipinayakanahalli if travel by the forest road.

Culture

Fares(ಜಾತ್ರೆ) held for every two years. Which was previously on hold for as long as twenty years because of political drama. Travelling to tourist destinations are very rare, women dislike men for this avid stubborn nature. Tirupathi, Dharmasthala and Nandi Hills are the religious destinations. New young generation creative minds often visit the tourist places of surrounding states, likes to exploit interesting and adventurous places. A lot of hopes has been created on youngsters as they came forward to start the cultural events during Ganesh Chaturthi and Sankranthi. Village youngsters like to relax their mind by watching movies at nearby town vijayapura. Telugu movies are very popular as all are very familiar with the language and would love to cheer for mass movies like superman fighting sequences, love stories and needless comedies for which Tollywood is very famous for.

Environmental issues

The region is in big trouble because of the huge depletion of ground water. There are around few hundreds of bore wells, of which 90% are dry. The rainfall in this area is almost as scanty, as in the Ananthpur district, which is the second most dry district in India. The average rainfall here is around 20 cm -30 cm annual. The major reason for the water depletion is the absence of micro irrigation systems and the intensive farming during the 1980s and 1990s. The yettinahole project has been undertaken by the state government to divert the west flowing nethravathi river to chikkaballapura and kolar, but the project has triggered the violent protest in the coastal area south canara. Chikkaballapur and Kolar Farmers have been protesting in Bengaluru to get the sufficient water which has turned worse due to the delay of the project.There have been some attempts by the farmers but so far they all have been in vain.But still many young farmers hope that yettinahole project will bring back the golden days.

Negative shades

Some people are deeply religious, atheists and some dramatic men visit the temples only during difficult times. Anjaneya temple is the oldest temple here constructed in 1970's which is now under fatal condition because of the curse on the village and lack of cooperation among the villagers.So many elders meeting have been conducted to reconstruct the temple but the lack of effective coordination, support and leadership skills always resulted in the ill-fated failure. Nobody comes forward to take the responsibility and money is also one among the reason why the people don't dare enough to discuss the issues on temple affairs. Lack of village responsibility had taken both valuable time and fame.

This village also ill-famous for dirty caste politics and factionalism ideology, JDS and Congress are the two major parties which lock their horns during elections. A big peepal tree( Arali mara, Ragi mara, ashwattha tree) is located on the right side of the entrance of the village where people would gather on regularly to discuss news, financial matters, politics, agriculture marketing, etc. It is also popular as casual village meetings held to solve the issues of the village. Clashes between the families, Having Personal grudges, fighting for land, water and revenging enemies are regarded as the worst side of this village. Some cases have been registered in the police station. Lack of minimum patience resulted in embarrassing fights. People don't feel shy to fight on roads, farms or anywhere else.