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3-day Banana Festival in city from tomorrow

To celebrate the diversity of native bananas, Sahaja Samrudha, in collaboration with Akshaya Kalpa Organics, has organised a Banana Festival at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in city from Nov. 22 to 24. The event will showcase diverse banana varieties, value-added products, banana fibre crafts and banana-based cuisines.
Vinod Nair from Kerala, who conserves 550 banana varieties, will exhibit 75 types. Prasad Hegde from Sirsi, who has preserved 80 varieties, will bring rare saplings. Senthil Kumar from Erode, Tamil Nadu, who has conserved more than 150 desi banana varieties, will bring 40 desi bananas for display. “Sahasra Baale,” the world’s tallest banana variety, will also be on display.