Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Daijiworld MediaNetwork – Mangalore (NM)

Mangalore, Sep 8: On the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami festival, Kalkura Foundation organized a national level Shree Krishna Vesha (costume) competition at Kadri Shree Manjunatha temple on Saturday, September 8.

The competition was held in different categories which included ‘Kanda Krishna’, ‘MudduKrishna’, ‘Thunta Krishna’, ‘Bala Krishna’, ‘Nanda Gokula’, ‘Devaki Krishna’ and many others.

Not only were the children dressed up as Krishna, even the parents were seen in different costumes participating in some of the competitions like ‘Yashodha Krishna’ and ‘Vasudeva Krishna’.

Surprisingly, Aravind Rao (36), a Mangalore based businessman, took part in one of the competitions solely to encourage and support his nine-month-old child Adhi Rao.There were many such parents who supported their children.

More than 2000 participants took part in the competitions.
 
Kateel Lakshmi Narayan inaugurated the programme. A J Shetty, Captain Ganesh Karnik, trustees Devadas Kumar, Purushotham, Jayaram Bhat of Karnataka Bank and Pradeep Kumar Kalukura were present among many others.