Mangaluru : The 125th birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru  held at Pandeshwar in-front of Corporation Bank Head office, Mayor Mahabala Maarla paid floral tributes to the statue of Nehru.

Wearing Gandhi topis children and teachers were present in the venue and paid floral tributes.

To mark Children’s day the first Karnataka International Children’s Film Festival also inaugurated on Friday. Additional Deputy Commissioner B. Sadashiva Prabhu  Inaugurated the  Film Festival. 

The film festival is jointly being organised by the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, Department of Information and Public Relation, Department of Women and Child Development, and the Department of Public Instruction.

The students from BEM School, Car Street and St. Aloysius English Medium School – watched the film in New Chitra Talkies.

Philomena school and Little Flower Higher School students saw the show at  Aruna theatre in Puttur .