Shantheyanda Cup Hockey Tournament from today
The 20th Hockey Utsav of Kodava families — Shantheyanda Cup Hockey — would start at Field Marshal Cariappa (FMC) College Ground in the city on Sunday.
The hockey tournament would be held at the college ground and the Police Ground till May 8.
A gallery has been set up to accomodate 25,000 spectators at the college ground. More than 30 stalls would put up around the ground. LED screens would also be put up to help the people to watch the tournament.
Utsav Samithi Working President Shantheyanda Veena Acchaiah said the state government has released Rs 40 lakh for the tournament.
The estimated expenditure is around Rs 1 crore for organising the tournament. Funds would be raised from donors, she said.
A total of 281 teams took part in the tournament when Kaliyanda Cup was organised in Napoklu.
The tournament was started by Pandanda Kuttappa to ensure coordination among Kodava families in 1997. It aims to bring together all the Kodava families under one roof.
The Shantheyanda Cup 2016 is expected to bring in a large number of hockey lovers (over 300,000) from across the world.
Shanteyanda family
Believed to be the descendant of Palegara (chieftain) with the Coorg Haleri King more than 150 years ago, the Shantheyanda family hails from Badigeri village, known as Mukkodlu now.
The family was named after Shanthaiah, the ‘Guru Karona’ of the family.
It has over 150 members and the family is led by Pattedara’ Shantheyanda B Monnappa and ‘Naad Thakka’ Shantheyanda K Achaiah.
The members of the family are well represented in the fields of sports, politics, business, education and sciences.
Shantheyanda Veena Achaiah, the president of Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation and Shantheyanda Ravi Kushalappa, the former President of Kodagu Zilla Panchayat, are among the notable members of the
family.
Shantheyanda Cup 2016 provides a platform for all men and women hockey enthusiasts to showcase their skills.
With the support of Hockey India and under the aegis of the Kodava Hockey Academy, the Shantheyanda family has been organising various events to train and encourage the budding athletes of the district, a source in the family said.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District> Madikeri / DHNS / April 10th, 2016
