Puttur : A teenager drowned at Kumaradhara river near Shantimogaru bridge on the evening of June 12th. The deceased is identified as Mohammed Ashwan (15), son of Hameed, originally from Vittal, presently residing at a rented house at Parane. The teenager was pursuing 9th std education at St Philomena’s High School in Puttur. Ashwan had […]

Mangaluru : Yuva Brigade and Sister Niveditha Foundation volunteers removed Several tonnes of filthy garbage from River Kumaradhara and Darpana Theertha at Kukke Subrahmanya. Yuva Brigade and Sister Niveditha Foundation volunteers cleaned the water body where hundreds of devotees take bath before visiting the famed Kukke Subrahmanya temple everyday. In a social media post, Naresh […]

Mangaluru : All the companies that produce hydro power by drawing water from major rivers — Netravati, Kumaradhara and Phalguni — in Dakshina Kannada can generate electricity after December 10 only if there is surplus inflow into the rivers. Deputy Commissioner K.G. Jagadeesha, who is also the District Magistrate, passed this order at a meeting […]

Subrahmanya: A 31-year-old devotee of Subrahmanya temple lost his life while taking ‘Theerthe Snana’ at Kumaradhara Snanaghatta on Sunday. The deceased is identified as D R Venkatesh of Bengaluru. He was driven by the force of water and lost his life by drowning in the river. He was taxi driver as a profession. He was […]

Subrahmanya : The bodies of two II PU students who were said to have drowned in the Kumaradhara at Kukke Subrahmanya on Monday were recovered on Tuesday. The Subrahmanya police said Jitesh A.R. (17) and Stephan Raj (17), students of Kukke Subrahmanya Pre-University College, and eight of their classmates went to the bathing ghat for […]

Mangaluru : The rains continued in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district even on Sunday . Landslides, artificial flood, and rise in water-level of rivers have been reported from various parts of the district. In the last 24 hours, Moodbidri has received the highest rainfall of 164.4 mm followed by Belthangady—117 mm, Bantwal—87.2 mm, Puttur—72.1 mm, […]

Kukke Subramanya : The Shashti festival lasting six days is completed on Monday, December 9 with a decorated boat ride by priests on river Kumaradhara and devotees having a bath to refresh them selves after a six day long ritualistic programme. The temple elephant ‘Yashashwi’ was seen enjoying a free bath in the river. On […]

Subrahmanya: The body of one Sachin (43) from Belyangodu in Manjeshwar who had slipped and drowned in the Kumaradhara Bathing Ghat has not yet been traced. Sachin who had been to Subrahmanya Shrine with hisfamily for a Naga Dosha Parihara and Sarpa Sanskara Ritual had drowned while taking a holy dip. He was a vegetable […]

Puttur: A physician hailing from Kuttar in the outskirts of Mangalore met a watery grave in the Gundya river in Puttur taluk on May 27, Sunday. The incident took place when the physician Dr Dinesh Amin was at the river banks along with his brother’s family on their return from the pilgrim shrine of Subrahamanya. […]

Subrahmanya: Due to incessant pouring rains, the Kumaradhara river near the holy temple of Kukke Subrahmanya (Naga), was in floods, and on Friday overflowed its banks, to cause natural fury that inconvenienced thousands of devotees observing Nag Panchmi festival in town. The turbulent waters in undated the road to Subrahmanya , blocking regular and tourist […]