Mangalore : The Bhoomi puja of Raheja Waterfront of residential complex at Kulai was held on March 28, Monday.
Raheja Waterfront is conveniently located off Chitrapura Beach in Kulai along the NH 17 stretch between Suratkal and Mangalore. It is a project by Raheja Universal Ltd. (RUL), in joint development with Asha Builders and Developers.
Delivering the benedictory speech on the occasion Shri Vidyavallabha Teertha Sripada of Chitrapura Mutt said that today the world is facing the financial crisis and it is necessary to make use of the money for the good purpose, which will provide jobs for many people.
He also said that without the blessing of god none of the people can reach to the great height. Further the partners must continue their effort in giving beautiful landmarks to the city.
Chief Guest Dr. V. S. Acharya, the minister for higher education said that Mangalore is the fastest growing city next to Bangalore in every filed. Earlier the city used to have lot of agricultural lands, but as the years passed the beautiful buildings and landmarks are seen.
The land must be developed beautifully in this 46 acres of land and make it as one of the tourist spot.
Speaking on the CRZ act, he said that Suresh Kumar has discussed the matter in the session to make the CRZ 3 plan to CRZ 2 plan.
Mr. Prakash Shetty, the managing partner of Asha Builders and Developers welcomed the guests and gathering and later along with Bollywood star and brand Ambassador Suniel Shetty, the Managing directors of Raheja Universal Ltd. Ashish Raheja and Rahul Raheja honored the guests with the garland, shawl and the memento.
V Somanna, minister for housing, Murugesh R Nirani, minister for large and medium scale industries, Krishna J Palemar, district in-charge minister, Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, N Cheluvaraya Swami, MP, Mandya Constituency, Praveen, mayor, Mangalore City Corporation, Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat,  Moodbidri MLA Abhaya Chandra Jain, MLA Mangalore South U T Khader,  Basavaraj Horatti, MLC, Hubli, B Madhava Bhandary, chairman, MUDA, Dr Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat were present on the dias.
Apart from it the sandalwood actors like crazy star Ravichandran, Darshan, Sudeep, Yash, Rockline Venkatesh, Murali, Ramesh Aravind, Bhavana, Pooja Gandhi and Ragini were the centre of attraction in the ceremony.
The Musical concert by Flautist Praveen Godkindi took the audience to the musical world.