CIKS Celebrates Aadi 18 Seed Sowing Festival and Heritage Feast
On Aadi 18 (August 3, 2025), the Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS) held its annual Seed Sowing Festival. This year, we’ve expanded our collection to 179 traditional paddy varieties. The event featured the ancient Mulaipari ritual and a ceremonial plowing by our bullocks, Veeran and Theeran. Guests participated in sowing seeds that were treated…