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ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್
2026
4:00 – 6:30 pm IST
Vachana Jayanthi Community Reading
District Public Library Hall, Udupi
An evening of shared reading for Akkamahadevi's birthday week — vachanas, songs, and stories from members across the district.
ಕದಲಿ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಸಂಘ
A circle of women, a circle of stories
Kadali is a women's cultural collective in Karnataka. We read Akkamahadevi's vachanas together, stitch the kasuti patterns our grandmothers knew, and keep a seat open for every woman who wants one.
Who we are
A seat kept open for every woman
Kadali is a women's collective in Udupi, Karnataka, built around three slow pleasures: reading Akkamahadevi's vachanas together, stitching kasuti the way our grandmothers did, and putting what we make back into the neighbourhood.
There are no memberships to apply for and no fees to worry about. Come to a circle, a mela, or a stitch night, and you belong. Most of us found our way here through a friend, a neighbour, or one December reading.
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Upcoming events
Spirituality
Reading Akkamahadevi Together
Every second Sunday our vachana circle gathers to read Akkamahadevi aloud — in Kannada first, then in English — and to wonder together.
Vasudha Nayak · 18 October 2026
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A new vachana circle opens in December
Posted 1 November 2026
What holds us together
Three pillars, one circle
Culture ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ
Thursday kasuti nights, the annual monsoon mela, and reading circles for Kannada writing old and new. We keep the crafts and songs of coastal Karnataka in working hands, not glass cases.
Seva ಸೇವೆ
School kit drives for the Zilla Parishad school in Hirebetu, collective lunches at every mela, and quiet help for members through illness and loss. Seva at Kadali is unspectacular and constant.
Spirituality ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಿಕತೆ
The vachana circle meets monthly to read Akkamahadevi aloud, in Kannada first and then in English. No gurus, no prescriptions — we read, we wonder, and we leave the doors of the vachanas open.