Puja-Processions at Karthru Gadduge

4 am: Anujne, Mahasankalpapurvaka Maharudrabhisheka; 6.30 am: Special Puja in the temples of Suttur; 6.30 am: Sannamallipura –  Friendship-Cordiality-Peace March; 7.30 am: Shatsthala Flag Hoisting – Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, Sri Morambalu Gangadhareshwara Pattada Math, Kasuvinahally; Message – Sri Ishaprasada Swamiji, Sri Gurudevashrama, Atharga, Vijayapura district; 8 am: Abhisheka and Mahamangalarathi to the deity of Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Shivayogi Mahaswamiji; 4.30 pm: Procession of Sri Adi Jagadguru deity from Sri Mutt to Karthru Gadduge; 6 pm: Sri Veerabhadreshwara Kondothsava; 7 pm: Karthru Gadduge – Agrodaka Punyaha, Naandi Kalasha Sthapane, Ankurarpana.

Inauguration

4 pm: Inauguration of Exhibition by K.H. Muniyappa, Minister for Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs; Inauguration of Agricultural Fair by Shivananda S. Patil, Minister for Textiles, Sugar and Agricultural Marketing; Inauguration of Health Camp by Dinesh Gundu Rao, Minister for Health and Family Welfare; Inauguration of Cultural Fair by Madhu Bangarappa, Minister for School Education, Literacy and Sakala; Inauguration of Boating by Kota Srinivasa Poojari, Leader of Opposition, Legislative Council; Mahantesh S. Koujalagi, MLA and Chairman, Karnataka State Finance Corporation and Ramesh Babu Bandisiddegowda, MLA and Chairman, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Ltd., R. Ganesh, MLA, Ooty, Allam Veerabhadrappa, former Minister, C.K. Ramamurthy, MLA, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, C.N. Manjegowda, MLC and P.M. Prasanna, Chairman, MyMUL, chief guests; Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji, Jagadguru Sri Adrushya Kadasiddheshwara Mahaswamiji, Sri Siddhagiri Samsthana Mutt, Kaneri and Jagadguru Sri Prasannanandapuri Mahaswamiji, Sri Valmiki Peetha, Rajanahalli will grace the occasion; Shivaraj S. Tangadagi, Minister for Kannada & Culture and Backward Classes, presides.

Cultural Programmes

At Gadduge — 8 am: Nadaswara; 9 am: Sugama Sangeetha by E.M. Manjula and troupe, Chamarajapuram, Mysuru; 10.30 am: Bhavageethe-Bhakthigeethe by Rutvik C. Raj and troupe, R.T. Nagar, Mysuru; 12 noon: Sugama Sangeetha by C. Shashikala Chandrashekhar, J.P. Nagar, Mysuru; 1.30 pm: Vachana Gayana by P. Manjula and troupe, Gowrishankaranagar, Mysuru; 2.30 pm: Folk Song and Patriotic Song by Dr. K.G. Padmananda, Petthanahalli, Hosakote taluk, Bengaluru; 7 pm: Bhakti Sudhe by Muralidhar Pai, son of late Bhadragiri Keshavadas, Sharada Music Centre, Maryland, USA; 8 pm: Bharatanatyam by N. Saraswati Ravikumar and troupe, K.R. Puram, Bengaluru; 9 pm: Sugama Sangeetha by R.M. Sumanth Vasishta and troupe, Ramakrishnanagar, Mysuru.

DRAMAS

At Hiriyara Mane premises — 10 pm: ‘Sampurna Ramayana’ by  Sri Mahalingeshwara Krupaposhita Nataka Mandali, K. Hemmanahalli, Mysuru.

At Sri Siddhananja Deshikendra Mangala Mantapa — 10 pm: ‘Naladamayanthi’ or ‘Shani Prabhava’ by Sri Kalabhairaveshwara Krupaposhita Nataka Mandali, Hadya, Nanjangud taluk.

Adjacent to Govt. Higher Primary School — 10 pm: ‘Rati Manmathara Kalyana’ or ‘Kowndlikana Vadhe’ by Sri Maruti Krupaposhita Nataka Mandali, Banashankari 3rd Stage, Bengaluru.

Behind Sri Ghanalinga Shivayogi Guest House — 10 pm: ‘Sri Shanimahatme’ or ‘Raja Vikrama’ by Sri Seetalalingeshwara Krupaposhita Nataka Mandali, Sabbanahalli, Maddur taluk.

Special Programmes

Daily from 10 am to 9 pm — • Exhibition of handloom, handicrafts, rural products, industrial goods and domestic items etc., Book and Art Expo, Educational Models prepared by High School students; • Expo-cum-Sale of products produced by various institutions, Co-operative Societies, Self-help organisations, Sthree Shakthi Sanghas and cottage industries; • Health, Medical & Science Exhibition.

Daily from 10 am to 7.30 pm — Krishi Mela: • Demonstration of paddy crop through drip irrigation; • Demonstration of diverse crop varieties, exhibition and sale of agricultural equipment/ tools; • Exhibition of native breeds of cattle, sheep, goat and chickens; • Demonstration of various varieties of crops; • Demonstration and sale of varieties of millets and Pulses; • One-Acre ‘Krishi Brahmanda’; • Exhibition of foreign food crops like Chiya and Teph.

• Health Check-Up by Expert Doctors from JSS Hospital, Mysuru, Kidwai Memorial Institute of          Oncology, Bengaluru; • Cancer Check-up Camp from Feb. 6 to 10.

NOTE

BUS FACILITIES: KSRTC will be operating special buses to Suttur Srikshetra from

various taluks and district headquarters.

For details, contact Suttur Srikshetra, Nanjangud – Ph: 08221-232223 or 232224;

JSS Mahavidyapeetha, Mysuru – Ph: 0821-2548212-122.

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