Mamidi Panduga takes place in March or early in April when the mangoes are still green and hard; and from this time the Reddis are free to eat the fruit, which forms an important part of their diet during the next months. Early in the morning women and children leave their houses hoping to forestall the birds, monkeys, porcupines, wild pigs and deers which all come to browse on the windfalls. In the early part of the season the Reddies too only collect windfalls, which are very numerous, and they may be seen returning to their houses with enormous quantities of green fruit in their baskets. They live for many months of the year on pounded mango kernels.