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”’Gorehabba”’ ({{Langx|kn|ಗೋರೆಹಬ್ಬ}}; {{Langx|hi|गोरेहब्बा}}) is a Hindu festival<ref>{{Cite web | title=Indian village marks end of Diwali with massive cow poo fight | website=ABC News | date=7 November 2021 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-08/cattle-royale-dung-fight-marks-end-of-diwali/100601634 | access-date=16 October 2025}}</ref> in [[India]] about splashing [[cow dung]]<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/this-indian-village-celebrates-cow-dung-festival-to-mark-end-of-diwali-101636307698144.html</ref> on each other. This festival is celebrated a day after [[Diwali]]’s ”[[Balipratipada|Bali Padyami]]” in the small village of Gumatapura, in [[Karnataka]], India.<ref name=”diwalifestival”>{{Cite web | url=http://www.diwalifestival.org/gorehabba.html | title=Gorehabba | publisher=Society for the Confluence of Festivals in India (SCFI) | accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/strange-diwali-celebration |title=A Strange Diwali Celebration |publisher=[[The Navhind Times]] |date=October 16, 2011 |accessdate=2013-04-12 |author=Phadnis, Shekher |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128130221/http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/strange-diwali-celebration |archivedate=January 28, 2012 }}</ref> It is also celebrated by [[Kannadiga|Kannada]] |
”’Gorehabba”’ ({{Langx|kn|ಗೋರೆಹಬ್ಬ}}; {{Langx|hi|गोरेहब्बा}}) is a Hindu festival<ref>{{Cite web | title=Indian village marks end of Diwali with massive cow poo fight | website=ABC News | date=7 November 2021 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-08/cattle-royale-dung-fight-marks-end-of-diwali/100601634 | access-date=16 October 2025}}</ref> in [[India]] about splashing [[cow dung]]<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/this-indian-village-celebrates-cow-dung-festival-to-mark-end-of-diwali-101636307698144.html</ref> on each other. This festival is celebrated a day after [[Diwali]]’s ”[[Balipratipada|Bali Padyami]]” in the small village of Gumatapura, in [[Karnataka]], India.<ref name=”diwalifestival”>{{Cite web | url=http://www.diwalifestival.org/gorehabba.html | title=Gorehabba | publisher=Society for the Confluence of Festivals in India (SCFI) | accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/strange-diwali-celebration |title=A Strange Diwali Celebration |publisher=[[The Navhind Times]] |date=October 16, 2011 |accessdate=2013-04-12 |author=Phadnis, Shekher |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128130221/http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/strange-diwali-celebration |archivedate=January 28, 2012 }}</ref> It is also celebrated by [[Kannadiga|Kannada]] in the similarly named Gumtapuram village in [[Thalavadi taluk]] of [[Erode district]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/tamil-nadu/story/cow-dung-flinging-festival-chaniyadi-tamil-nadu-end-of-diwali-thalavadi-village-erode-2627614-2024-11-04 |title=Why does this Tamil Nadu village throw cow dung to end Diwali? |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=November 4, 2024 |accessdate=January 10, 2025 |first=Pramod |last=Madhav }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title=Villagers celebrate unique cow dung splashing ritual | website=The Hindu | date=2020-11-18 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/villagers-celebrate-unique-cow-dung-splashing-ritual/article33127584.ece | access-date=2025-10-26}}</ref> |
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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.<ref name=”diwalifestival1″>{{Cite web | last=Sinha | first=Anamika | title=Inside India’s wildest Diwali celebration: Villagers in Karnataka throw cow dung to mark end of festivities | website=The Financial Express | date=25 October 2025 | url=https://www.financialexpress.com/life/lifestyle-inside-indias-wildest-diwali-celebration-villagers-in-karnataka-throw-cow-dung-to-mark-end-of-festivities-watch-4021543/ | access-date=26 October 2025}}</ref> |
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.<ref name=”diwalifestival1″>{{Cite web | last=Sinha | first=Anamika | title=Inside India’s wildest Diwali celebration: Villagers in Karnataka throw cow dung to mark end of festivities | website=The Financial Express | date=25 October 2025 | url=https://www.financialexpress.com/life/lifestyle-inside-indias-wildest-diwali-celebration-villagers-in-karnataka-throw-cow-dung-to-mark-end-of-festivities-watch-4021543/ | access-date=26 October 2025}}</ref> |
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Festival/Ritual celebrated in Karnataka, India
Gorehabba (Kannada: ಗೋರೆಹಬ್ಬ; Hindi: गोरेहब्बा) is a Hindu festival[1] in India about splashing cow dung[2] on each other. This festival is celebrated a day after Diwali‘s Bali Padyami in the small village of Gumatapura, in Karnataka, India.[3][4] It is also celebrated by Kannada people in the similarly named Gumtapuram village in Thalavadi taluk of Erode district in Tamil Nadu.[5][6]
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.[7]
Similar to Gorehabba, people in the village of Kairuppala near Aspari in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh celebrate Pidakala War.[8]
In 2025, American YouTuber Tyler Oliveira made social media posts of him participating in the festival.[9][7]
