Mysore/Mysuru: The two-day Jackfruit Mela organised jointly by the city’s Sahaja Samruddha in association with GIZ-Germany and Namma Farmers Market, at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba road drew to a close last evening.
The Mela was a huge success with over 20,000 people visiting it over the two days. The festival featured sale of a variety of jackfruit including ‘Hoo Malli’, Divya’, ‘Byrasandra’, ‘Amrutabhoomi’, ‘Ambali’, ‘Ekadashi’, ‘Mallika’ etc. Also, a whole range of tasty and lip- smacking food products made out of the fruit were on display and sale and saplings of different species of the fruit were on sale at the venue.
