Bawdy abuses filled the air across villages of South Kodagu as ‘Kunde Habba’, a unique tribal festival kickstarted on Wednesday.
Smeared in mud and cross-dressed, members of the Kuruba community hurl abuses at all passersby while celebrating Kunde Habba (Photo | EPS)
Madikeri :
Bawdy abuses filled the air across villages of South Kodagu as ‘Kunde Habba’, a unique tribal festival kickstarted on Wednesday. An annual festival of Kuruba community of Kodagu, the fiesta is celebrated across villages of Thithimathi, Balele, Balegundi, Maldare and many others. The highlight of this festival is participants hurling vulgar abuses and collecting alms.
“The annual festival is celebrated from May 22 to 24. The final ceremony will be held at Bhadrakali Temple in Devara Kadu (sacred grove) at Thithimathi. It is an ancestral ritual celebrated by the Kurubas,” Bacharaniyanda Appanna, a historian, said.
“The festival is called Kunde Habba as people hurl abuses in abundance. They are abusing and describing their Goddess Bhadrakali. People used to pray for protection of sacred groves and in return held an annual pompous celebration, thanking the deities – Bhadrakali and Aiyappa. The Kurubas believe that abusing the goddess will please her,” Appanna added.
Smeared in mud and cross-dressed, people visit houses in the village, collecting alms. While rice, hens and money were earlier collected as alms, collecting money is the basic ritual now. “Half the money collected goes into buying alcohol and the rest goes to the temple collection box. The bigger hens that are received are sacrificed and later feasted upon at the temple and smaller chickens are taken home and reared,” Appanna said.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Prajna GR / Express News Service / May 23rd, 2019
Coorg, or Kodagu, was a province of the dominion of India and was declared as a State in 1950. Daya Singh Bedi, ICS, was appointed as the Chief Commissioner of Coorg.
Just before the General elections of 1951, Coorg was offered the choice of either remaining a State or joining the Presidency of Mysore. While many Congressmen were in favour of merging Coorg with Mysore, there were some others who favoured the alternate choice.
The latter group of leaders broke away from the Congress and formed a new party with “Weighing Scales” as their symbol. They aptly named themselves the Thakkadi Party.
Pandiyanda Belliappa was the leader of the Thakkadi party and my father, Koothanda Poovaiah, also joined him. So, the election fever gripped our family as well.
My father would canvass in a jeep along with his followers in Pollibetta and Siddapur. The contest in Coorg was for 24 seats from 18 constituencies. Six constituencies were to elect two members each and the remaining 12 were single-member constituencies. There were no reserved seats, though there were 4 members from the SC category who contested under the General category. I recall that 27,947 people across Coorg voted in the elections.
While campaigning for my father, teams would visit the homes of the voters each day and collect their names and other details. My siblings and I were tasked with transferring these details to postcards which were then sent to the voters’ home addresses. These postcards were meant to identify voters on Election Day, a precursor to laminated voter identity cards of today. We enjoyed writing these postcards. I fondly remember being gifted a “Swan” pen by my father for my efforts.
Among the candidates from Siddapur were Muruvanda Machaiah and Betta Kurubara Kala. To our disappointment, our father lost the election and Muruvanda Machaiah won.
For me, it was an interesting involvement with the electoral process. Thereafter, I married into the Army and had to be content with sending postal ballots. It would be more than 30 years before I stepped into a polling booth again.
In the Coorg Assembly elections, the Congress party won 17 seats while the Thakkadi party won the remaining 7 seats. The Coorg Legislative Assembly was convened at Madikeri by the Chief Commissioner on 27 Mar 1952. Cheppudira M. Poonacha was elected as the Chief Minister of Coorg.
He also held the Finance portfolio. K. Mallappa was made the Home Minister.
The Congress party was in favour of merging Coorg with Mysore. In accordance with the States Reorganization Act 1956, Coorg ceased to be a State and was merged with Mysore on Nov 1, 1956.
While in existence, the State of Coorg sent an elected representative to the Parliament as well. Niddemane Somanna was the MP from Coorg. After the reorganization of States and subsequent delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, Coorg and Mangalore were merged into a single constituency. More recently, Coorg was merged with Mysore LS constituency.
It is a matter of conjecture whether Kodagu and its people benefited from the historical changes brought upon it. However, its contribution towards nation-building has been significant and shall remain a matter of pride and fulfilment.
First Parliament elections
I am struck by a bout of nostalgia each time our country goes to the polls. There have been discussions about the lengthy election process this time around, consisting of seven phases and extending over four weeks.
Here, it is appropriate to recall that the first general election was conducted from Oct. 1951 to Feb. 1952, a period of six months. However, it is to be remembered that India was newly independent and conditions were very different.
The government of the day set up the Election Commission of India with Sukumar Sen, ICS, as the Chief Election Commissioner. He was given the mandate to conduct the Parliamentary election and all Assembly elections simultaneously “at the earliest”. The earliest dates proposed by Sen were between Oct. 1951 and Feb. 1952.
A massive enrollment drive was undertaken to prepare a list of the electorate. It is to be understood that in an era with rudimentary means of travel and communication, the exercise was an onerous one. The wide reach of All India Radio was utilised to create awareness about the impending elections and the importance of participating in them. As a part of the enrollment drive, volunteers and officials visited individual houses. The eligible voting age was fixed at 21 years and there was no discrimination between the sexes.
Quirky situations arose which made the task difficult. It must be remembered that 88 percent of our country was illiterate. Womenfolk were reluctant to reveal their given names and had to be coaxed to do so. Due to the overwhelmingly illiterate population, each booth had a set of ballot boxes with the party symbol pasted on them. The voter was advised to drop his ballot paper into the box of his choice; so much for a secret ballot!
Despite several handicaps, it was ensured that 45% of the registered electorate exercised their franchise by Feb. 1952.
Our country has been through 17 Parliamentary elections so far and the electoral process has been extremely streamlined. Modern ideas and technology have been employed to quell new challenges.
The modern Indian electoral process has been lauded by several countries and serves as a role-model to many of them. We should be proud of this achievement.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / by Shanthi Ganapathy / May 22nd, 2019
Ranjith Kiggal and Kashyap Mekeri from Kodagu have successfully undertaken a bike voyage to the Himalayan region.
The bike ride named ‘The ride of life Part-2’ kick-started in front of General Thimayya statue in Madikeri on April 14. After the completion of the ride, the duo has returned to Madikeri.
Ranjith and Kashyap have visited Nainital, Badrinath in Uttarakhand and the Himayalan regions, on their Royal Enfield bike.
The distance covered by them was approximately 6,200-km and the preparation began three months ago.
Both of them got in touch with bike riders who had already visited these places by bike. They took the Madhurgiri-Anantapuram-Hyderabad-Nagpur-Jhansi-Bareli route to reach Nainital in Uttarakhand on the sixth day of their ride.
In the course of their journey, they visited Jhulaghat on India-Nepal border and also Rishikesh and Haridwar. From Haridwar, they took the route of Mathura-Agra-Shirdi-Satara-Belagavi-Davanagere-Hassan to return to Madikeri.
Rider Ranjith Kiggal said that they had a fresh experience in visiting these places. They encountered a different atmosphere, people and culture on the route.
Appanderanda Yashwant Kalappa guided their tour, he added.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Districts / by Adithya K A / DH News Service,Madikeri / May 20th, 2019
This is no doubt a one-stop point for anyone wishing to gather information on organic farming.
The farm is also frequented by gaur, deer, elephants and sometimes tigers and leopards which leave their pug marks.
Nature lovers, Satish Gowda and his wife Ganavi, both post-graduates in Coffee Quality Management from Coffee Board of India, are on a mission to promote organic farming in Chikkamagaluru. The farm maintained by Satish has inspired many to set-up organic farms on the same lines. It’s not only organic farming for which the farm has become famous, it is also the abode for numerous birds and grazing animals which go in search of fruits. Photographers love the place as they can easily sight the birds which perch on trees. The Organic farmers association has done its bit to popularise the spot by bringing foreign national to have a close look at the farm and learn the tenets of organic farming. M.B. Girish explores this unique farm which is any nature lover’s delight
The future is organic and who would know this better than Satish Gowda, a honorary wildlife warden in Chikkamagaluru and his wife Ganavi, who hails from a family of coffee planters? Their painstaking efforts spread across eight years, has created an eco-lovers’ paradise at Honnala village, Sirivase post in Chikkamagaluru where they have converted an area covered with wild shrubs into a lush green expanse by cultivating about a 1,000 fruit bearing trees. This is no doubt a one-stop point for anyone wishing to gather information on organic farming.
Organic farming is not all that this farm boasts of, it is also a bird lovers’ hallowed spot where they can film rare species which have made the farm their home.
Temple Tree Farm is spread across 7.15 acres and has a variety of fruit bearing trees including some from foreign countries which attract birds, butterflies and herbivores from the neighbouring Bhadra Tiger Reserve located on the banks of River Somavahini.
Satish and Ganavi were inspired to set up their organic farm after a visit to Navadarshanam, an eco-ashram in Bengaluru. They met Ananthu and his wife Jyothi and were inspired by their eco- sustainable way of living.
To make their dream of setting up an organic farm come true, Satish and Ganavi purchased land at Sirivase in 2011 and named it Temple Tree Farm because a Temple Tree is located right at the entrance of the farm.
The farm uses solar energy to pump water to every nook and corner and has several varieties of fruit bearing trees such as Rambutan, Java apple, mulberry, rose apple, pineapple, rampala, seethapala, lakshmanpala, hanumanthpala, papaya, cashew, guava, jack fruit, velvet apple, peach, carambola, kokum, avocado, chikoo, orange, musambi, mango, litchi, pomelo and mangosteen. Among the fruits grown at the farm, the Nakkare variety is unique as it should be eaten raw and not ripe as it tastes sweeter. Nakkare is used to make pickles and chutney.
Observing that many varieties of birds come to the farm to feed on the fruit, Satish Gowda has engaged a naturalist, Shivakumar of Chikkamagaluru to study the various species of birds and butterflies and make a note of it for documentary purposes. Shivakumar says he has sighted about 60 species of birds in the last three years including the Grey Hornbill, Malabar Trogon, Rocket Tail Dragon, Blue-fly Catchers, Asian Paradise Fly Catchers and Ruby Throated Bulbul among others. The fruits at the farm are not harvested to allow the visiting birds feast on them.
“I even see Otters in River Somavahini flowing close to the farm, the other place I get to see Otters is in the Bhadra backwaters,” says Shivakumar. Another rare species he has seen at the farm is the Flying Lizard. “I read about the Flying Lizard in writer Poornachandra Tejaswi’s book and was lucky to spot it at Satish’s farm.”
The farm is also frequented by gaur, deer, elephants and sometimes tigers and leopards which leave their pug marks.
Malnad Gidda, an indigenous cow was added to the farm and dung and urine from the cows are being used as plant nutrients and pesticide. Satish says milk from Malnad Gidda is highly nutritious and has medicinal properties. A fish pond is an artificial tank to collect rain water as the region receives copious rainfall during the monsoon. The pond has stocks of fish varieties such as Gowri, Rohu and Katla.
The chicken are fed paddy and dry paddy hay is used as fodder for cows. Goats and cows are also fed green grass. No dry fodder is bought from outside. Honey boxes are kept around the farm and help in a collection of over 25 kg of honey in a year.
Ganavi says visitors to the farm are amazed how an empty piece of land was transformed into a fully functional farm. Taking a cue from Satish Gowda, Partasarthy Wodeyar, a resident of Salagame hobli near Hassan city, is developing an eco-farm on the lines of Temple Tree Farm. He also plans to start an eco-tourism centre in an area of four acres and wants to serve organic food to visitors.
“I learnt a lot from Satish Gowda’s farm. It is difficult to maintain a farm like his and the effort put in by Gowda is worth appreciating,” he says.
Satish being an honorary wildlife warden, is also rendering a helping hand in mitigating human-animal conflict in and around Bhadra Tiger Reserve. He offers compensation for cattle killed by tigers or leopards. Besides, Anti-Poaching Camp personnel are given torches, water repellent coats and other accessories to enable them guard the forest areas from smugglers or poachers.
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / by M B Girish, Deccan Chronicle / May 19th, 2019
One of the most revered and aromatic coffees in the world is found in this region.
Cut off from their neighbours for centuries and endowed with nature’s goodies, the Kodava kitchen is unique and versatile.
Some random, innocent question by my comicscrazy young one started this whole thing.
Where do you think Obelix would like to go if he visits India? Well based on his rustic taste buds and love of wild boar, I believe he will love Nagaland but if he goes down South I definitely know where to put him.
Today extremely popular among the tourists, a small Kodagu (Coorg) district is gifted with nature’s bounty of indigenous spices, fruits, wild fowl and wild pigs.
Some believe that the Kodavas entered India during the Mohenjo Daro period. Others believe that they were descendants of the army of Alexender the Great who entered India in 326 BC. With their unique geographical position in the Kodaga hills and forests and fierce warrior qualities they were independent and cut off from their naighbours for a long time. This helped them develop a cuisine very unique and versatile. Coorgis emphasize on less oil and slow cooking with a lot of usage of pepper, garlic and ginger. They prefer using green chillies than the red chillies. – Reetu Uday Kugaji, chef and Culinary Expert
When the British came in 1834, they immediately were impressed with the dense forest and lush valleys and hence the highland got the title ‘Scotland of India’.
Fancy a wild boar hunt and then some flavourful coffee, Robert?
One of the most revered and aromatic coffees in the world is found in this region. Coffee reached Coorg with the advent of islamic traders and flourished here in no time. The Amitabh Bachchan of the Coorg kitchen is definitely the tangy, spicy Pandi Curry. Originally it used to be made with hunted wild boar but today farm bred porkers are used to cook Pandi curry. The slow cooked succulent spicy and tangy curry is prepared with pork cubes with fat . A souring agent called Kachampuli (vinegar made from the extract of a fruit called Garcinia Gummi Gutta) brings in a beautiful tangy taste in the dish.
Pandi curry
1 Pork cubes with fat arerubbed with little red chilli powder, salt & turmeric.
2 Put in heated pan with paste made of golden brown fried onion, ginger, garlic, chopped cilantro spiced with green chillies with the aromatic freshly roasted hand-pounded Coorg spices.
3 The Coorg masala / Coorg spice-mix consists of coriander seeds,cumin seeds, black peppercorns, fenugreek seeds, cinnamon, cloves, whole chilles, curry leaves and a little raw rice.
4 Once the pork is tender Kachumpuli (Coorgi vinegar) is added.
5 Add water as per the desired consistency. Then salt to taste and a garnish of fresh cilantro and the dish is ready.
No additional oil is required as the pork cooks in its own fat.
Kodavas love rice. Fragrant rice called Sannaki is very popular. Rice is consumed in various forms and shapes. These range from Akki roti which are rice chapatis, to a variety of puttus (steamed rice dishes ) to pulaus.
Akki Roti: – Akki is rice in Kannada. Akki roti is flat breads prepared with rice flour. The popular breakfast dish is often enjoyed with Ellu Pajji (Sesame seeds chutney).
Kadambuttu or steamed rice dumplings: Soft steamed balls made with rice flour and often enjoyed with Pandi Curry or Koli saaru or chicken curry. Baimbale Kari or the Bamboo Shoot curry is an extremely popular dish. Fresh young bamboo shoots are collected in the beginning of monsoons when they are tender, delicate and fresh so that they does not harden. The young shoots are fermented and then cooked in a scrumptious coconut curry with an addition of tamarind pulp.
Kaad Maange curry is made from wild jungle mangoes that have a unique peppery-tart flavour unlike the regular sweet mangoes. Few other popular curries are Chekke curry (prepared with raw jackfruit, Kemb curry(made from the colocasia plant), or the Kumm curry made from wild mushrooms.
Nool puttu: Noodle-like steamed rice dish is extremely popular as a brilliant breakfast dish.
Kulae Puttu is a jackfruit cake cooked with steam wrapped in banana skin.
And at the end people have a little liquor or Soma (Kudi). These are usually homemade wines prepared from locally grown fruits such as oranges, grapes, betel nuts and paddy are very famous (hik!).
source: http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com / The Economic Times / Home> Business News> Magazines> Panache / by Anirban Bora, ET Bureau / May 18th, 2019
Concerned at the increasing instances of elephant-human conflict, the Forest Department, for the first time in Kodagu, has put radio collars on elephants to study their migration patterns.
The Department has decided to put radio collars on selected elephants so that their migration patterns can be studied. An analysis of their movements will help in avoiding human-elephant conflict that results in deaths of humans and damage to crops, said Department officials.
Accordingly, over six elephants that usually enter coffee estates and fields have been radio-collared in places including Virajpet, Madikeri, Kushalnagar, Maldare, Ammathi & Pollibetta. These areas have witnessed increased elephant attacks in the recent past.
The collars were fitted on the wild pachyderms with the help of tamed elephants including Bhima, Abhimanyu and Krishna. Last time, over four collars were fitted on the elephants and the Department staff was able to successfully track the elephant movements and prevented them from entering the human habitats.
Department officials said that radio collars could further strengthen the elephant corridor management strategy. It could also become an early warning system for villagers in order to avoid conflict with elephants as the collars could provide real-time information. Radio-collaring of animals is a tried and tested method of studying free-ranging wild animals that has been in practice for several decades. It is primarily used for tracking the movement and activity patterns of the tagged animal, with the signals being sent to a handheld device or to a computer via a satellite.
It is often the only method that is available for studying the movement and activity patterns of a secretive species like the tiger or a wide-ranging species like the elephant. Information obtained from the use of radio telemetry is of high scientific and conservation value. The GPS-enabled radio collars will provide updates in real-time about the location of a herd and help track them within the State as well as during migration. A tool embedded in the collar will send signals 24X7.
“Once we receive signals on the presence of the elephant herd near human habitation, the ground-level Rapid Response Team of the Dept. will be alerted on their mobile phones so that they can rush to the place and launch an operation to drive elephants back into the woods,” said District Forest Officer Maria Kristhu Raj.
The kumkis (tamed elephants) will infiltrate the herd and scatter the elephants. When the female leader is isolated, the experts perched on the nearest kumki will shoot her with a dart loaded with a tranquillising drug called xylazine. The dosage will be decided according to the size and strength of the matriarch. “After being hit, the elephant will walk like it is intoxicated for 10 minutes and then it will fall asleep. So, our men have a window of about 40 minutes to put the radio collar on the elephant,” he explained.
“In the 40 minutes the animal was under sedation, the team fixed the radio collar and activated it. Soon, veterinarians injected a drug to revive it. The entire operation was over in 50 minutes and the animal started heading back into the forests,” the DFO added.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / May 14th, 2019
A warm farewell will be accorded to Rev. Fr. Raymond, Parish Priest, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, Mysuru, who has been transferred to St. Anthony’s Church in Ammathi, Kodagu, at a function to be held at the Church premises in Srirampura on May 19 (Sunday). The Mass will be at 8.30 am followed by send-off.
Born in 1976 at Dornahalli, Fr. Raymond was Ordained as Priest on Apr.25, 2006. He has served as an Assistant Parish Priest at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Martalli and as Parish Priest at St. Joseph’s Church, Otterthotti.
As the works on Srirampura Church was completed during his tenure, credit should go to Fr. Raymond for his hard work and the support of Parishners and generous donors. The well-equipped Church was inaugurated on June 26, 2016. He will take charge at St. Anthony’s Church in Ammathi on June 2 in place of Rev. Fr. D. Jayaraj.
Rev. Fr. M. Vincent (retd. Principal of St. Philomena’s College, Mysuru) will be the Parish Priest of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church from May 26.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / May 16th, 2019
Field Marshal KM Cariappa (Photo Credits: indianarmy.nic.in)
Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa breathe his last 26 years ago on May 15, 1993. He was the first Indian Commander in Chief of the Indian Army. Cariappa took command of the Army from its British Commander in Chief, General Sir Roy Bucher. He was also nicknamed “Kipper”. Cariappa was born on January 28, 1899, in Madikeri, Kodagu which is today part of Karnataka.
Field Marshal Criappa had his formal education in Madikeri and pursued his college education from the prestigious Presidency College in Chennai. Cariappa joined the British Indian Army in 1919 and was commissioned in the 88th Carnatic Infantry at Bombay (now Mumbai) as Temporary Second Lieutenant. He was granted permanent commission on September 9, 1922. In 1927, he was promoted to the rank of Captain.
During the World War–II, Field Marshal Cariappa actively served in Iraq, Iran and Syria in 1941–1942 and then in Burma in 1943–1944. Back in India in March 1942, he was posted as second-in-command of the newly raised 7th Rajput Machine Gun Battalion at Fatehgarh. Cariappa was posted as AQMG of the 26th Indian Division stationed at Buthidaung in Burma. The division played an important role in pushing the Japanese back from Arakan. For his services in the operation, Cariappa was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in June 1945.
In the same year, Cariappa was made the commander of the Bannu Frontier Brigade in Waziristan. During this period, Colonel Ayub Khan – later Field Marshal and President of Pakistan from 1962–1969 – served under him. In 1947, Cariappa was the first of two Indians selected to undergo training at the Imperial Defence College, at Camberly, in the UK, to attend the higher command courses.
After Independence, He was promoted to the rank of Major General and was appointed as deputy chief of the general staff. In November 1947, Cariappa was appointed as the Eastern Army commander after being promoted to a rank of Lieutenant General. As the situation worsened in Kashmir in 1947, Cariappa was moved as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command. He directed operations for the recapture of territories seized by Afghan tribals backed by the Pakistani Army.
On January 15, 1949, Cariappa, took over the reins of the Indian Army. The day is now celebrated in India as the Army Day. He served in the Indian Army for over 30 years. After his retirement in 1953, he served as the Indian high commissioner to Australia and New Zealand until 1956. On April 28, 1986, the Government of India conferred the rank of field marshal on Cariappa. He was the second Field Marshal of the Indian Army after Sam Manekshaw. Cariappa’s health began to deteriorate in 1991. He suffered from arthritis and heart problems. He died in his sleep on May 15, 1993, at the Bangalore Command Hospital.
Cariappa was married in March 1937, in Secunderabad, to Muthu Machia. The couple had a son and a daughter. Their son, K.C. Cariappa also known as “Nanda”, joined the Indian Air Force and rose to the rank of air marshal. During the 1965 war, Nanda was shot down over Pakistan. He was captured and held as a prisoner of war (POW). After realising the identity of the captured IAF officer, General Ayub Khan, the then president of Pakistan himself contacted Cariappa to inform about his son. When Ayyub offered to release Nanda, Carriapa asked him to give his son no better treatment than any other POW. Field Marshal Carriappa was a recipient of Indian Independence medal, Burma Star and General Service Medal.
source: http://www.latestly.com / LatestLY / Home> Lifestyle> Festivals Events / by Team LatestLY / May 15th, 2019
‘Bollinamme’ programme to mark the silver jubilee celebrations of Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy, will be held at Cauvery College in Gonikoppa on June 8, said Academy president Pemmanda K Ponnappa.
Speaking during the launch of the Bollinamme logo at the Academy’s office in Madikeri, he said that for the last 25 years, the Academy had been doing a commendable job in preserving the language, literature, history and culture of the Kodava community with the help of the government grants.
He said that the Academy was holding programmes within and outside the district focused on the Kodava tradition, folklore, culture, theatre.
“The Academy has been successful in publishing books and CDs. An effort is being made to document the life of a Kodava from birth to death,” he added.
Fest attractions
Stating that Bollinamme would feature cultural, literary programmes and a procession, Ponnappa added that a photo exhibition and documentary screening (on Kodava culture) would be some of the attractions of the fest.
“Kodava antiquities will be displayed. Kodava cuisine and Kodava books will be on sale,” he added.
The programme would be inaugurated with a procession at 9 am. It will be followed by a meeting at 10.30 am.
Cultural programs such as Umathaat, Bolakaat, Kathiaat, Duddikott, Kolaat, Urtikott, Talipaat, Kappekalli will be performed by artistes.
It will be followed by a special performance by Kodava theatre artists in the evening at 5 pm, he said.
A poetry meet is scheduled at 11 am. The valedictory ceremony will be held at 2 pm, he added.
The publicity committee members are Naliyamanda K Umesh, Itichandanda Ramesh Uthappa, Beekachanda Beliappa, the stage committee members are Hanchetira Manu Mudappa, Shorerea Mudaiah and Mannakamane Balakrishna.
Hospitality and transport committee members constitute of Mannakkemane Balkrishna.
Procession committee member is Bollajira B Ayiappa, reception committee members are Angira Kusum, Aminchanda Praveen Chengappa and Hanchetira Fancy Muthanna.
Ajjamada P Kushalappa, Sullimada Bhavani Kaveriappa, Changulanda P Suraj and Kudiyara Sharada are part of the cultural committee.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by Adithya K A / DH News Service / Madikeri / May 14th, 2019
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