Mysuru, April 5 -- The two-day Desi Dal Mela, organised by Sahaja Samrudha, in collaboration with Vishwa Agro Tech and Bio Tech, was inaugurated by noted actress Akshatha Pandavapura by milling ragi in a traditional grinding stone (ragi kallu) at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in city this morning. The Mela is open for public today and tomorrow between 10 am and 8 pm.

Stating that everyday from morning breakfast to dinner in the night, we use one or the other pulses in our food culture, the actress said that bringing over 100 varieties of pulses, that too organically produced pulses, under one roof is a first- of-its-kind in the State.

"Being an artiste, I keep travelling to different places and we get to taste respective local foods. Some ...