Mangalore : A unique Kannada learning programme called “Namma Kannada” will be launched by Kerala Samajam Mangalore, during Onam celebrations in Mangalore. KP Mohanan, Kerala Minister for Agriculture, and Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President, will inaugurate this programme on September 2.

TK Rajan, President of Kerala Samajam, informed this to reporters here. He said Onam celebrations of 2012 would be held on August 26 at C.V. Nayak Hall, Kadri, from 10.30 a.m. onwards, and Onam Sadya (Onam feast) would be held from 12 p.m. onwards.

There will be a cultural meet and various entertainment programmes on September 1 at Town Hall, Mangalore.K. Jayakumar, Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala, will inaugurate the programme.  U.T. Khader, MLA, M.T. Reju, Deputy Commissioner of Udupi District and A.J. Shetty, Chairman of A.J. Group of Institutions, will be the guests of honour, he said.

According to V.S. Ajith Kumar, Secretary of Kerala Samajam, about 100 students had already enrolled for the programme, which would commence from the first week of October. The programme will have 3 hours of learning in a week, and classes will be held in the evening at Kerala Samajam School, Old Kent Road, Mangalore. Registrations will be open till September 20.