A variety of dances by school children, attractive march past by men in uniform, Naadageethe and Raita Geethe sung in unison marked Kannada Rajyotsava, organised by the district administration at the fort here on Thursday.
Amid drizzle that drenched the earth in the morning, district in-charge minister Appachu Ranjan hoisted the national flag and Kannada flag and inaugurated the celebration. In his inaugural address, the minister gave a call for the people to unitedly work towards preserving Kannada language and culture. Kannada language, which we speak today, has a history of 2,000 years. Apart from shouting slogans hailing Kannada, we should work in the ground level to preserve and promote the language. Specially, the emphasis should be laid on schools and colleges where they should be taught the skills of reading and writing Kannada.
“Language is a symbol of the richness of life and it reflects the culture. Kannada could be developed only when each of us dedicate ourselves and work proudly for the language and culture. The Central government has already given the classical status to Kannada. We should make an organised effort to gain all profits that the status would bring to the language,” he said.
Award Winners
Kodagu Zilla Rajyotsava award was conferred on several achievers from different fields on the occasion. The awardees are as follows: B S Lokesh Sagar (light music); B N Mohan Palegar (folk song); Roopa Srikrishna Upadhya (Bharatanatyam); Addanda Anitha Kariyappa (drama and cinema); B R Sathish (art); C N Boapaiah, Kayapanda Shashisomaiah, Nandagujar, Umesh (journalism); P M Appaiah, K Aine Asmakhanam, (sports); Dr Korana Saraswati Prakash, Paradanda Changappa (literature); Jeevan T B, P Mahadewaswami (education); Koodakandi Kaveramma Somanna, Manavattira Kaveriyamma Poovanna, Prakash B N, N S Kandadevaiah, P M Ravi (social service).
Kodagu zilla panchayat president B Shivappa, vice-president Usha Devamma, CMC president H M Nandakumar, deputy commissioner Dr N V Prasad and others were present.
Arogya Shri soon
Minister Appachu Ranjan announced that Vajpayee Arogya Shri scheme which helps the BPL families to avail free medical check-up and treatment at select facilities will be launched at Virajpet taluk on November 17.
source: http://www.DeccanHerald.com / Home> District / Madikeri, DHNS, November 01st, 2012
