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Gorehabba (
Kannada: ಗೋರೆಹಬ್ಬ;
Hindi: गोरेहब्बा) is a Hindu festival<a href="
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India about splashing
cow dung<a href="
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Diwali's
Bali Padyami in the small village of Gumatapura, in
Karnataka, India.<a href="
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Kannada people in the similarly-named Gumtapuram village in
Thalavadi taluk of
Erode district in
Tamil Nadu.<a href="
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According to Hindu legends, the god Beereshwara Swamy was born from cow dung; therefore, the festival is celebrated by splashing cow dung on one another.<a href="
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