Rani Abbakka Samskrutika Utsava (Cultural Festival), Sanskrit Group Singing and Bharatanatyam, 8.30 am; Devotional Songs by Puttur Narasimha Nayaka and troupe, 9 am; Prayer and Welcome Dance by Pramod Ullal and troupe, 10 am; Naada Geethe by Sunita Chandrakumar, Raghuleela School of Music and troupe, 10.30 am; Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda inaugurate, MP and former Chief Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily inaugurates an Exhibition, Utsava Samithi Mysuru President Sudhakar S. Shetty presides, Minister U.T. Khader (who is also the Hon. President of Utsava Samithi), MPs Pratap Simha and R. Dhruvanarayan, Legislators Vasu and S.R. Mahesh, former Minister S.A. Ramdas, Mayor Bhagyavathi, Industrialist B.M. Farooq, Utsava Samithi Ullal President Dinakar Ullal and Dakshina Kannada Zilla Sangha Mysuru President V. Sreenivasa Rao guests of honour, 10.45 am; ‘Tulunada Samskruti’ group dance by Ullal troupe, 12.30 pm; ‘Rani Abbakka Award’ presentation ceremony-1 — Minister Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad will confer the award on Tukaram Poojari and Dr. Ashalatha S. Suvarna of Abbakka Tulu Study Centre, Sanchayagiri, Mangaluru; Uttara Kannada Samskrutika Sangha President S.D. Sahukar, Industrialists Ganesh Narayana Hegde, U.K. Hameed and Mahesh Kamath guests of honour. Industrialist M. Jagannath Shenoi presides, 1.30 pm; Seminar – Dr. Gayatri Navada, B.M. Rohini and Sumangala will present a paper. Dr. Jamuna presides, 2.15 pm; Dance-Drama ‘Bharatada Veera Ramaniyaru’ by Dr. Kripa Phadke of Nrityagiri, Mysuru, 4 pm; ‘Rani Abbakka Award’ presentation ceremony-2 — Sri Vidya Prasanna Theertha Sripadangal of Kukke Sri Subramanya Mutt will confer the award on journalist Vijayalakshmi Shibaruru; Chitpavana Brahmana Sangha President Srikara Hebbar, Mysuru Hotel Owners Association Charitable Trust President Ravi Shastri, Gowda Saraswata Brahmana Sabha President M. Mahesh Shenoi and Lingappa Gowda of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Gowda Sangha guests of honour, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Sangha President V. Srinivasa Rao will presides, 5 pm; Mime show ‘Puranadinda Kaliyugadavarage,’ 6 pm; ‘Hasya Sanje’ and Byari cultural programme, 6.20 pm; Staging of Kannada play ‘Rani Abbakka’ by Vidhatri troupe, Maharaja’s College Grounds, 7 pm.
This post was published on February 9, 2018 6:35 pm