Kadikazhuthan

• Grown in Sukkan kollai village at Kanchipuram district
• Samba season is best suitable season and the duration is 165 days
• Transplanting system is used for growing this variety.
• The rice is white in colour and having the fine quality
• It yields about 1350 kg /ac and the straw yield will be 40 bundles (1200 kg/ac).
• It is also known as ‘Garudan samba’. The appearance of the grains is like the neck of the Brahmin kite (Garudan) i.e. it has a white ring and so called this name.
• It is suitable for making a specialty dish called ‘Puttu’ of South India.
• It grows well in areas which have good drainage facilities.