Media Release

Moodbidri, Oct 19: 'Inchara', a residential summer camp for children commenced this week under the auspices of Shasthavu Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Temple and Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Bhajana Mandali, under the leadership of Vijaynath Vittal Shetty.

64 school children are participating in this week-long meet, which is being held in association with Hindu Seva Pratistan. The venue of the camp is the temple premises and the participants too are mostly children belonging to the nearby villages. The objective of the camp is to create awareness of Indian culture, art, tradition, Puranas and other subjects among the village children.

Manjula Rao, Joint Coordinator of Hindu Seva Pratistan inaugurated the camp on Monday, 15th October, 2012. Rama Rao, Retired Headmaster of Belechar School presided over the inauguration ceremony, while Kantappa Shetty, President of Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Bhajana Mandali, Ramesh Shetty Mundabettu, Premalatha V. Shetty and Chandrashekar Shetty of Sanathana Natyalana were the other dignitaries on the occasion.

This camp is being organized chiefly for the benefit of the village children so that our villages can develop and realize a better future. Through the camp the children will be groomed into becoming cultured citizens by giving them a personal experience of our rich traditional culture.

The concluding ceremony will take place on Saturday, 20th October at 3:30 p.m. Rajashekarananda Swamiji, of Vajradehi Mutt, Gurpur will president of the function and Lokanath Shetty of Bharath Builders will be the chief guest. Ramesh Shetty Mundabettu, Premalatha V. Shetty and Chandrashekar Shetty of Sanathana Natyalana were the other dignitaries on the occasion.