Mangalore: Team Mangalore to Take Part in Sri Lanka International Kite Festival

Media Release

Mangalore, Sep 12: Team Mangalore, a city-based hobby group of kite flyers has been officially invited to the “Nilahare Wasanthaya – 2011” All Island Kite Festival to be held on September 17 and 18 at Negombo Beach Park, Sri Lanka.

This unique International Kite festival will showcase some of the best kites flown by flyers of international fame around the world. Team Mangalore a regular in International kite flying scene will be taking part in this prestigious event.

A team of 4 members viz, Sarvesh Rao, Dinesh Holla, B Sathish Rao and Shashank Shetty will participate in this mega event. The best kite teams from countries around the world are invited to participate in this event. Team Mangalore has the honour to represent India in this prestigious event.

Earlier, Team Mangalore had participated in various International Kite Festivals held at Canada, UK, Thailand, France and recently it had participated in the International Kite Festival held at South Korea and Qatar and its new creation 'Pushpaka Vimana' got accolades from the people of South Korea and France.

The team is going to showcase its variety of kites which include Kathakkali, the Limca Book of Record holder for largest kite in India and and also various other kites such as Yakshagaana, Charlie, Owl, Pushpaka Vimana, Bird, Bat Series, Bharthnatyam and others.

Most of the kites from Team Mangalore depict the cultural richness of India and has become one of the reason for Team Mangalore to be widely recognised in Internatonal Kite fraternity.

Now the team is all set to fly to Negombo to showcase cultural heritage of India in Sri Lanka.