It is clear from a careful analysis of these festivals, how intimately the lives of Badagas were intertwined with nature and the seasons. The agricultural seasons follow the natural seasons of rain and shine, and each agricultural operation of Badaga community was done only after dedicating it to the Gods. Thus religion and livelihood were inseparable in lives of olden days Badagas. Not only that; they had separate festivals for each of the natural forces known to them and they worshipped them as Gods, like many Hindu communities. They worshipped land during e:r matto:du and e:r u:du:du. They worshipped water in the form of Goddess Gangamma during Gangammana habba and Gowrabba. They worshipped fire on Kenda habba. They worshipped wind and gale during Dodda habba and when they prayed for rains. Thus almost all the five pancha bu:tas were worshipped. Nature worship and a life at peace with mother nature were the hall-marks of the blissful lives of Badagas.