Media Release
Dubai, Sep 11: Sandhya Creations Event Network Team (SCENT), in association with RDRK Events, is hosting the much-awaited ‘Aatidonji Dina 2025 – Season 4’ on Sunday, September 14, at Millennium Airport Hotel, Al Garhoud, Dubai. The full-day festival will run from 10 am to 7 pm.
A preparatory meeting with all Karnataka community leaders in the UAE was recently held at Mayamani Restaurant Banquet Hall, Dubai, to flag off the arrangements for the grand cultural event.
Shodhan Prasad welcomed the leaders and began the meeting with a prayer. He briefed the gathering on the event schedule, participation slots, chief guests, inauguration timing, security, insurance, and other preparations. Lots for food stalls were allocated to various community groups in their presence.
The chief guests for the event include Shree Shree Shree Gurudevananda Swamiji of Odiyoor, Fr Denis D’Sa, parish priest of Thottam Church, Udupi, and Maulana Abdul Aziz Darimi, Imam of Chokkabettu, Mangaluru. They will travel from India to inaugurate and bless the festival.
The event will be compered by MC C K Prashanth, a multi-talented artiste from Mangaluru, alongside MC Shravya, a Dubai-based presenter.
A colourful procession will mark the opening, led by the renowned Marathi band ‘Trivikram Dhol Tasha Pathak Dubai’, accompanied by Kerala’s ‘Saraswathi Vadya Kala Sangam’ drummers.
The events include a 31-member dance drama team from Muscat – Karnataka Janapada Parishad Muscat Ghataka presenting a special performance, UAE Bunts staging a dance drama titled ‘Aatida Koota’ with 12 participants, Vidhushi Shashi Rekha and her seven-member team performing ‘Aatida Vishesha’ dance drama, Vidhushi Roopa Kiran with her team of nine performers, and Vidhushi Sonia Lobo presenting a solo Bharatanatyam performance.
The main theme, ‘Aatidonji Dina 2025 – Season 4’, will feature the ‘Aatida Food Festival’ with nearly 20 stalls representing various community groups including UAE Bunts, Al Ain Kannada Sangha, Mogaveers UAE, Brahmana Samaja Dubai, Shree Vishwakarma Seva Samithi, Amchi Friends, Mangalore Konkans Dubai, Rajaka Family, KADAM, Udupi Balaga, Krishna Jyothi & Friends, Kannadigara Koota Dubai, Margadeepa Samskratika Samiti, UAE Ganiga Family, Coastal Family, and others. Business entities like Tanvi Business Centre, SBM General Trading, Riya Medical Centre, Grand Infinity Healthcare Group, SCENT, Vision & Style Opticals, and Pranic Healing Foundation will also participate.
Free medical services, including health check-up camps, vision screening, and pranic healing sessions, will be available for visitors. Additionally, SCENT will serve free ‘Mettheda Ganji & Chatni’, a traditional Mangalorean delicacy.
The Aatida Food Festival Competition will be a major attraction, offering hundreds of traditional Aati delicacies prepared by the participating groups at nominal prices.
Five major competitions will also be held exclusively for community groups: Ethnic Food Competition, Fancy Dress, Group Skit, Poetic Recitation, Folk Dance, and Folk Song Singing. Competent judges will announce the winners during the closing ceremony. The prestigious ‘Rolling Cup 2025’, last year won by Brahmana Samaja UAE, will also be awarded.
The entire event will be streamed live on Facebook, YouTube, and Daijiworld TV.
In the past three years, the festival has attracted thousands of Tuluvas, and this year’s edition is expected to draw more than 3,000 people to the larger venue.
This mega event serves as one of the largest multi-faith community gatherings in the region, celebrating Tulunadu culture while promoting religious harmony.
For more details, please contact the numbers provided in the attached pamphlet.