Mysuru athletes in the junior boys and girls (U-20, U-18, U-16, U-14) excelled in the Karnataka State Junior Athletic Meet held at Udupi recently. The Mysuru athletes totally won 11 golds, 11 silver and seven bronze medals and finished with a tally of 29 medals. V. Ambika won the gold in girl’s U-20 shot-put. Rahul…
PU student ends life
April 17, 2019Udupi: A girl student, who had failed in Kannada language despite passing in all the subjects with first class marks in the recently announced II PUC results, has committed suicide. The deceased student is Prajna Shetty (18), a resident of Brahmavar Nalkur village in Udupi district. After the results were announced on Monday, Prajna’s relatives…
Travelogue: Visit Udupi, a Paradox
December 6, 2018By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC In a recent Bunts Convention at Mysuru, I was intrigued by a photograph of many women wearing a typical Udupi flower, ‘sooji mallige,’ a unique flower with a distinct fragrance. Even the way this flower is worn by women is special. Quite expensive but available in Mysuru too,…
VHP ups the ante against Centre over Ram Temple
December 3, 2018* Pejawar Seer calls cadres to get ready for hunger strike * Janagraha rallies held in Bengaluru, Udupi and Bagalkot Bengaluru: Leaders of VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) and other right-wing organisations announced that they will not rest until they succeed in building the Lord Ram Temple in Ayodhya. They have asked the BJP government at…
Three dead in Udupi, Mangaluru floods
May 30, 2018Mangaluru: Heavy rainfall in two coastal districts of Karnataka – Dakshina Kannada and Udupi — on Tuesday has claimed three lives be sides bringing normal life to a standstill. The Government has deployed NDRF teams to help the local administration in rescuing people. The Met department has predicted more rain in the coastal towns today…
Why Udupi people are into catering business?
April 19, 2018By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A very interesting blog, linking Mahabharata war and Udupi, a small district in South Karnataka, a Krishna town, came along and I could not resist the temptation of putting it across to SOM readers. I am not in a position to authenticate it since this happens to be…
Palimar Mutt Seer Sri Vidyadheesha Theertha Swamiji ascends ‘Paryaya Peetha’ in Udupi
January 19, 2018Udupi: Sri Vidyadheesha Theertha Swamiji of Palimar Mutt ascended the ‘Paryaya Peetha’, also called the ‘Sarvajna Peetha’, at the 800-year-old Sri Krishna Mutt (Temple) here yesterday. It will be his second Paryaya. Verses from the ‘Dwadasha Sthotram’ and the ‘Mangalaashtaka’ rent the air as Palimar Seer ascended the sacred Peetha. The incoming Seer arrived at…
Kanakadasa Jayanthotsava at Udupi
November 13, 2017Pejawar Seer warns of protest against those opposing existence of Kanakana Kindi Udupi: Pejawar Mutt Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji has warned of launching a protest against those doubting the very existence ofKanakana Kindi in Udupi from where Lord Krishna gave darshan to Saint Kanakadasa. He was speaking after inaugurating Kanakadasa Jayanthotsava celebrations organised by…
President Mukherjee visits Udupi, Kollur
June 19, 2017Udupi: After inaugurating the first phase of ‘Namma Metro’ in Bengaluru on Saturday last (June 17), President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday visited the temple towns of Udupi and Kolluru. In Udupi, the President laid the foundation stone for Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Super Speciality Hospital in Udupi and visited the famous Sri Krishna Temple. On…
Sode and Subramanya Mutts bury 250-year-old feud
May 30, 2017Udupi: It was a historic moment for devotees of Kukke Subramanya Mutt and Udupi Sode Mutt yesterday as the Seers of both Mutts came together to bury the feud which had prevailed for over two centuries. Sri Vidya Prasanna Theertha Swamiji of Subramanya Mutt and Sri Vishwavallabha Theertha Swamiji of Sode Vadhiraj Mutt, who had…
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