Mangaluru : Ganesha idols are ready to celebrate the festival of Ganesh. The family of the late Mohan Rao in Mannagudda, Mangalore, has been making idols of clay Ganapathi for the past 92 years. Beginning with the production of about 70 Ganapati idols in 1929 by Mohan Rao, it has now reached 230 idols. Prabhakar […]
Bengaluru : The KSRTC will operate 1,600 additional buses for three days starting Friday, to cater to the festive rush during Naraka Chaturdashi and Bali Padyami days. The special services will be operated on the return route on October 29. Special buses will be exclusively operated from Kempegowda Bus Station in Bengaluru to Dharmastala, Kukke […]
Puttur: “Organisers who conduct procession at sensitive areas have to secure a bond. No need to making any derivative meanings of this statement, this is just to remind the organisers that police cannot be present at all the places and maintaining peace is organisers duty also,” said Superintendant of Police Bhushan Gulabrao Borase. He was […]
Mangaluru: “If anyone disturbs public during any festival in the name of culture and rituals, strict action will be taken against them,” assured DCP of law and order Shantharaju. He was speaking in a meeting with SC/ST people with regard to problems facing by them. Dalit leader urged the DCP to fix a specific time […]
Mudabidre: Dr. B.A Vivek Rai a former vice chancellor of Hampi and Mysore postal Universities and Tulu Sahitya academy chief was formally invited to the world Nudisiri- Virasat festivals due to be held at Mudabidre Vidyagiri from Dec.19 to 22, 2013 by Doctor M. Mohan Alva today. Dr. Rai will be the President of all […]
Mangalore : In India, festivals are the celebration of togetherness, of being one of the family. Raksha Bandhan is one such festival that is all about affection, fraternity and sublime sentiments. It is also known as Raksha Bandhan which means a ‘bond of protection’. This is an occasion to flourish love, care, affection and sacred […]
Mangalore: Bakrid or Eid-ul-Adha is being celebrated by Muslim brethren across the district on October 26, Friday. Special prayers and Namaz were offered by Muslims in various mosques. The main event was held at the Idgah mosque at Light House Hill in Mangalore where a large number of devotees attended. Bakrid is a festival of […]
Kollur: Car Festival or Rathotsava was held at the Kollur Sri Mookambika shrine in a grand manner in the presence of thousands of devotees. As per an estimate over 20,000 devotees took part in the celebrations. There was even a Chandika Yaga in the temple in the morning. There was earlier a heavy rush in […]
Today is Varamahalakshmi Vritha Day. It is a day when women offer special prayers to Goddess Varamahalakshmi seeking good health wealth and prosperity for them and their families and long life for their husbands. The festival is largely celebrated in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and. It is celebrated on the last Friday of the […]
Belthangady: Jackfruits were the talk of the town in Dharmasthala on Sunday. The jackfruit aroma pervaded all over-thanks to the second state level jackfruit festival organized at the Amrithavarshini Auditorium here. Jackfruit growers from various parts of the state had arrived in Dharmasthala with different varieties of jackfruit. Not just that, there were also different […]
