Mangalore : Namma Kudla’s 15th annual Goodu Deepa competition will be held at Kudroli Shri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple on October 21, Tuesday at 5 pm.

Speaking at the press meet held at Press Club held on Oct 18, Saturday, director of Namma Kudla Harish B Karkera said that Goodu Deepa competition will have 3 categories—traditional, modern, and unique.

The participants are required to register on the same day and bring either their prepared goodu deepa or material to prepare one at 4:00 p.m. Prizes will be given away at the valedictory ceremony, which will be held on the same day.

On the same occasion, the ‘Namma Tuluver Award 2014’ will be conferred on P Jayaram Bhat- the administrative director of Karnataka Bank, the ‘Namma Kudla – Birse Award 2014’ will be conferred on Ganesh Kamath Moodbidri- proprietor of G.K.Decorators; and ‘Namma Kudla Manadigeda Samma award’ for the multifaceted Talent will be conferred on Master Rahul Tushar Kunder(MBA) said Kadri Navaneeth Shetty.

This year chairman of the DK district Kannada Sahitya Parishat and Kalkura Prathistana chairman S Pradeep Kumar Kalkura will be felicitated.

The first and second places winners in each category will be given gold medals. Consolation prizes will be given to the lamps which will be appreciated by the jury and mementos will be distributed to all the participants. A special prize will be given to the team bringing the highest number of goodu deepas.

Namma Kudla directors Leelaksha B Karkera , Suresh B Karkera, Mohan B Karkera, and compeerer Bhaskar Rai Kukkuvalli, Professor M S Kotian were present at the present.