Bengaluru celebrates 71st Karnataka Rajyotsava with cultural events
Various organisations held flag hoisting ceremonies and felicitation programmes to mark the occasion across the city on Sunday.
The 71st Karnataka Rajyotsava was celebrated across Bengaluru on Sunday with flag hoisting ceremonies, cultural events and the felicitation of achievers, according to the Deccan Herald.
At a programme organised by Kannada Sene, the organisation honoured achievers from various fields and remembered veterans. Kannada Sene president K R Kumar said the organisation has been involved in the development of Karnataka through constructive activities.
Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) managing director Dr V Ram Prasath Manohar addressed a separate event. He stated that language, culture and tradition are the true strength of a state and said it is a responsibility to instill pride in Kannada among children.
At Freedom Park, Kannada activist Sa Ra Govindu hoisted the flag during a ceremony organised by the Kannada Janashakti Kendra. Its president Ramegowda Malanad said the government should provide employment in the government and private sectors for Kannadigas and protect Kannada schools in border areas.
The Karnataka Rajyotsava Samithi organised a programme near Mysore Bank Circle where senior activist Vatal Nagaraj was felicitated. In Chamarajpet, folk troupes performed Veeragase, Huli Kunitha, Dollu Kunitha and Yakshagana as part of celebrations organised by the Chamarajapet Nadahabba Kannada Rajyotsava Samithi.
The Jaya Karnataka Janapara Vedike also celebrated its sixth anniversary and Karnataka Rajyotsava at the Barton Centre on MG Road. The event included founder president B Gunaranjan Shetty, state president Srinivas S and various association office-bearers.