It is said that when Gautam Buddha visited Kapilvastu for the first time after attaining englightenment, the villagers asked for “Prasad” (Gift). Buddha Gave some grains of Kalanamak rice, asked them to sow it in a marshy place and said “It will have a typical aroma which will always remind people of me, “The variety, if sown elsewhere, loses it’s aroma and quality.