Mangalore: 'Tulunada Krishi Janapadhotsava' Promotes Traditional Games

Sunil Haleangady
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (NM)

Mangalore, Jul 7: The two-day 'Tulunada Krishi Janapadhotsava', organized by Tulunada Kesaru Gadde Kreedostava Samiti to promote the traditional games of Tulunadu was inaugurated at Sri Subramanya Temple, Kesaru Gadde, Pavanje, Mulky on July 7.

Speaking after the inaugural, Sri K S Nithyananda Swami of Veda Vijnan Mandir, Chikmagalur said, "Modern technology has fecilitated invention of new products, but ultimately, it cannot produce the basic necessity for survival, that is foodgrains."

"This (producing foodgrains) has to be done by the farmer alone. Therefore, a lot of importance was given to agriculture in the past. However, presently only 5 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, as against 65 percent during the pre-independence era," he said.

Lauding the management for bringing up folk activities, he requested that apart from the desire to get into software companies and industries, the younger generation should also develop special interest in agriculture.

Narasihma Pai, convener, Vyasa Maharshi Vidhya Peeta, Mulky, and Niranjan Bhat, trustee, Jnanashakthi Subramanian Temple, Pavanje, Jaya Shetty, agriculturist, Thokoor, and Pitambar Shettygar were among others present at the event.

P B Hegde, president, Tulunada Kesaru Gadde Kreedostava Samithi, welcomed the dignitaries and the crowd. Vinod S Salian compered the programme.

The two-day long event consists of wrestling, football, race in the slushy mud, tug-of-war, sprinting, backwards run, and other rural sporting competitions. Essay writing too was part of the competition, based on the theme of rural development.