Mangalore : Sangha Niketan Under the aegis of Keshava Smrithi Samvardhana Samithi organized its 67th public Ganeshotsava celebrations on August 29, Friday.

MCC Mayor Mahabala Marla inaugurated the Ganeshotsava celebrations by lighting of the lamp.

The huge idol of Lord Ganesh was brought into the Mantap with lot of spectacle and cheerfulness accompanied by Vedic rituals.

Keshava Smrithi Samvardhana Samithi president P. Vaman Shenoy, Correspondents P. Vinod Shenoy, K. Raghuveer Kamath, Sarvajanika Ganeshotsava Committee president K. Praveen Kumar, Vice-president J.K. Rao, Balakrishna Kottari, K.P. Tailor, Capt. Brijesh Bhat and Raghavendra Holla, Correspondent M. Satish Prabhu, treasurer S.R. Kudva and G.V. Bhat, Co-correspondents Harshavardhan, Suresh Kamath, K. Jeevanraj Shenoy and other members were present.