Matti (Village)

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Matti is a village in the Udupi district of Karnataka state in India that lies on the shore of the Arabian sea. The village is famous for a particular variety of brinjal that is grown only in this village. The brinjal grown here is light green in colour and is spherical unlike the usual purple coloured variety. The first brinjal harvested is offered to Lord Krishna at Krishna Matha, Udupi. The Matti gulla ( brinjal) grown here is consumed largely by Shivalli Madhva brahmins.The seeds for growing this type of brinjal is said to be given by Shri Vadiraja swamiji.


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