Bengaluru's Rangashankara Theatre held a mango festival on Sunday
As Bengaluru's summer comes to an end, the city's Rangashankara theatre brings out the mangoes. Price of entry, one kilogramme of any variety of the king of fruits. And then you dig in.
One child who attended the mango party on Sunday afternoon had a clear and obvious answer when asked what his favourite fruit was. "Mango!" he replied, as he tucked in to the golden fruit.
Another child spoke matter-of-factly about his afternoon achievement. "I ate Four mangoes," he said.
There was a feeling of nostalgia among the elders who attended the event. "We're thinking of our childhood and we're eating in the same way as we used to do in the younger days," said one of the ladies.
Another added, "All varieties Malgoa, Bagenpalli... Name it you have it here. It's really wonderful. I'm coming here for the first time but I'll definitely attend every time."
Visitors were asked to come dressed in mango colours - yellow or green. Rangashankara was built 10 years ago in memory of the late actor, Shankar Nag. And for his wife, Arundhati Nag, it was time for sweet mangoes and sweet memories.
Speaking with NDTV, Mrs Nag said, "Just look around... you can see that people in the city of Bangalore want to engage in more that just going to malls and buy things. They want reasons to meet each other without money, without economics, without a whole lot of politics in it... So I love this. I think everything that we do at Rangashankara is remembering Shankar or missing him... and he's here. He is here in every child, he's here in the spirit of fun and sharing. So Rangashankara is built in his memory after all. It is remembering Shankar."