Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Oct 13: Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will visit Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Thursday, October 15, to attend a felicitation programme and inaugurate the Women's Dasara celebrations at Uchila, besides participating in the Mangaluru Dasara 2026 Navaratri festivities at Kudroli.

According to the official tour programme released by the B S Sridhar, officer on special duty to chief minister, D K Shivakumar will depart from HAL Airport in Bengaluru at 3 pm on a special flight (VT-SNP) and arrive at Mangaluru International Airport at Bajpe at 4 pm.

He will leave the airport by road at 4.10 pm and reach Mahalakshmi Nagar in Uchila, Kaup taluk, Udupi district, at 4.40 pm.

At Uchila, the chief minister will attend a felicitation programme and inaugurate the Women's Dasara celebrations organised in association with the Sri Mahalakshmi Temple, Sri Kshetra Uchila. The event will be held at Mahalakshmi Nagar, Uchila.

After the programme, Shivakumar is scheduled to leave Uchila by road at 6 pm and proceed to Kudroli in Mangaluru, where he is expected to arrive at 6.30 pm.

He will participate in the Mangaluru Dasara 2026 Navaratri Mahotsava organised by the Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple at Kudroli, one of the prominent venues for the city's annual Dasara celebrations.

Following the programme, chief minister Shivakumar will leave Kudroli at 8 pm and proceed by road to Mangaluru International Airport at Bajpe, arriving at 8.15 pm.

He is scheduled to depart for Bengaluru on the special flight VT-SNP at 8.30 pm and arrive at HAL Airport at 9.30 pm, according to the itinerary.

The visit will bring together two major festive events in the coastal districts, with D K Shivakumar scheduled to attend the Women's Dasara programme at Uchila before joining the Navaratri celebrations at Kudroli in Mangaluru.