Udupi: Kumari Prathiksha daughter of Nityananda and Rajeshwari from Hejamadi, and studying in first PUC of Sri Narayan Guru PU College has earned the first rank as strongest Karate girl and declared as champion of National level Karate championship on Chikkamagalore.

She came first in 2 divisions of Karate in national field of Karate players. She is undergoing training from Lakhminarayan Acharya and Umesh Bangera in Hejamadi.