<p>People in Kalaburagi's rural areas will follow a traditional method to measure the solar eclipse. They will make a pestle (a pounding stick) stand in a water-filled copper or bronze plate during the solar eclipse.</p>.<p>"They know if the eclipse has started if the pestle stands in the water- filled plate", said Veeresh Belakeri and Malappa Appoji, residents of Gadikeshwara village in Chincholi taluk.</p>.<p>The residents of several villages confirmed the solar eclipse began by making the pounding stick stand vertically in water-filled plates on Sunday at around 10 am.</p>
<p>People in Kalaburagi's rural areas will follow a traditional method to measure the solar eclipse. They will make a pestle (a pounding stick) stand in a water-filled copper or bronze plate during the solar eclipse.</p>.<p>"They know if the eclipse has started if the pestle stands in the water- filled plate", said Veeresh Belakeri and Malappa Appoji, residents of Gadikeshwara village in Chincholi taluk.</p>.<p>The residents of several villages confirmed the solar eclipse began by making the pounding stick stand vertically in water-filled plates on Sunday at around 10 am.</p>
