Mysuru: Social Welfare and District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa said, Kannada language is extensively being used in social media, which is indeed a good development, that calls for giving further impetus to the language along with the progress of Science and Technology.

He was speaking after inaugurating 69th Karnataka Rajyotsava celebrations organised by the District Administration at Oval Ground in the city on  Friday (Nov. 1).

Mahadevappa said, keeping in pace with the technology, Government has chalked out several programmes to ensure that Kannada language should not lag behind in this digital era. Several software have been developed like — Unicode alphabets, translator, mobile applications and Braille literature, all in Kannada.

It is the job of all to build the identity of Kannada, keeping it in mind that, Kannada is the language of our life and heart, said Mahadevappa.

Guarantee schemes

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah- led Government that is completing one-and-a-half years in office, has won the heart of all, by introducing guarantee schemes, that has improved their lifestyle. Kannada, as a language is not restricted to a particular caste or sect, but is of the land, with the culture and tradition ingrained in the language.

Instead of being geographically and administratively united, the Kannada speaking community should unite themselves, said Dr. Mahadevappa, recalling the history associated with the Rajyotsava.

Colourful procession

Prior to this, Mahadevappa and others paid obeisance to Goddess Bhuvaneshwari at the temple in the Mysore Palace premises. BEML Kannada Sangha took out a colourful procession from old DC’s office to Oval Grounds, with a chariot carrying the flower bedecked statue of Bhuvaneshwari, with several cultural troupes accompanying the procession.

After reaching Oval Ground, Mahadevappa offered floral tributes to the statue of Bhuvaneshwari and unfurled the National Flag, followed by the inspection of the parade, that included Police Band, Mounted Police, City Armed Reserve (CAR), District Armed Reserve (DAR), Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP), National Cadet Corps (NCC) and Scouts and Guides and received the Guard of Honour.

Awards conferred

Kannada flag was unfurled later, followed by the conferment of District Rajyotsava Award, Suvarna Mahotsava Award and Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Award for achievers from diverse fields.

Star of Mysore (SOM) Photographer M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav and photo journalist M.S. Basavanna (Anurag Basavaraj), were among Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar awardees, while senior journalists C.K. Mahendra, M.T. Mahadev, M. Subramanya and Hangod Nataraj, video journalists G. Naveen Kumar and L. Satish and press photographer Ravi Gavimutt were among District Rajyotsava Award recipients.

MLA Tanveer Sait, MLC C.N. Manjegowda, Karnataka Exhibition Authority Chairman Ayub Khan, DC G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, MCC Commissioner Ashaad-Ur-Rahman Shariff, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar, Superintendent of Police (SP) N. Vishnuvardhan, DCP (Law & Order) M. Muthuraju and others were present.