Mangaluru : JD(S) supremo and former prime minister H D Devegowda, accompanied by his wife Chennamma visited Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala on January 26, Friday and offered prayers to Lord Manjunatha. Later, the couple met Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade.

Dharmasthala: The historical Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr Veerendra Heggade has requested devotees and tourists to postpone their plans to visit the religious centre. “All over India, water is becoming scare day by day in the scorching heat of summer. Even in our Dakshina Kannada district, people are struggling for water. Due to rationing, people […]

Mangaluru: Union Minister of State for Skill Development Anant Kumar Hegde on Tuesday said that the Centre is committed to exploiting knowledge-based human resources than labour-based ones that can make the country a superpower in a decade. He was speaking at the annual meeting of the directors of Rural Development and Self Employment Training (India) […]

Dharmasthala: D Veerendra Heggade, dharmadhikari, Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala has directed all workers of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) and all SHG members to launch cleanliness drive at homes and surrounding areas during Navarathri. In his letter, PM had lauded his efforts and the Kshetra in creating awareness among on cleanliness and hygiene. The […]

Belthangady: Belthangady Court on Monday sentenced Somanath Nayak, Chairman of Guruvayanakere based NGO Nagarika Seva Trust for making false allegations against Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade, violating Court orders over the last two years. The court in the past had ordered Somanath Nayak not to make any allegations against Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr Veerendra Heggade […]

Belthangady: The cleanliness drive mooted by Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr Veerendra Heggade, the hereditary administrator of the Dharmasthala temple, to clean religious centres in the state had received tremendous response, a top temple official said. Dharmasthala rural development programme executive director H L Manjunath said Dr Heggade’s call had encouraged more than 7,19,000 volunteers who participated […]

Belthangady: In an attempt to protect the purity, divinity and cleanliness in the temples religious places in the sate Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (Shri Dharmasthala Grama Abhivrudhi Yojane) in association with various organisations, self help groups and others will organise a state wide cleaning program at 10,000 religious places including temples, churches, mosques […]

Mangaluru: Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Manu Baligar urged writers to display sensitivity while penning their thoughts as they are socially bound and owe allegiance to society. He asked them to have no distinction between their lives and their writings as only then can there be relevance in their art form. After inaugurating the 84th literary […]

Ujire: Safeguarding health and culture will help in building a healthy society, Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade has said. Addressing thousands of devotees who had assembled at Dharmasthala on the first day of Lakshadeepotsava on Thursday, Heggade said that daily walk helps strengthening immune system. Model taluk He said that a number of programmes had been […]