Kadalekai Parishe or groundnut festival begins at Kadu Malleshwara temple in Malleswaram (December 2 to 4), and will be subsequently held at the Dodda Basavanagudi or Bull temple from December 11 to 13.
Local legend holds that a watchman with a bugle was posted here during the time of Kempe Gowda, in order to signal the rest of the city and other watch towers.