In our grandparents time there some pandemic deceases like chicken pox etc which they spread from one to another , in that time people  started worshiping Godess Marigemma ( Marigi  - decease , Amma - Mother) , so these festivals are rare now a days 
These mostly done or celebrated in Uttar Karnataka ( Northern Karnataka ).
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