The Gumatapura Manure Festival, known as Gorrehabba, is a long-standing tradition that attracts long-distance guests every year.
The manure is collected from farms in the area and then dumped at the local temple, where adult villagers then bathe and play in the faeces.
Children are included in the holiday in other ways.
- Gorrehabba is very unique.
We start at four o'clock in the afternoon by explaining the tradition to the children.
Then they go door to door to collect manure before they build piles and throw at each other, explains Channa Mallappa, who lives in the village.
The tradition is directly linked to the special status of cows in Hinduism.
Many Hindus see the cow as sacred, and for some that view includes everything the cow produces, such as manure.
According to many villagers, the manure bath also contributes to positive health effects, even though it is probably not something that a Swedish doctor would have recommended.
See photos from the festival and hear the villagers tell in the clip above.