Media Release

Oman, Sep 26: Oman Tuluver, comprising of ardent enthusiasts of art, culture and sports, organized a fun-filled get-together for members of the various communities recently.

Ramananda  Shetty, on behalf of Oman Tuluver welcomed the  august gathering of the guests from various communities of Tulu Nadu and introduced  the organizing committee of five members namely Ramananda Shetty, Padmakar Mendon, Sudhir Shetty, Arun Poojary and  Rajesh Shetty.

Majan Events, in association with Oman Tuluver will present ‘Manikantha Mahime’, a Kannada Yakshagana show on Friday, October 14 at the Grand Hall, Al Falaj Hotel, Muscat. This is their maiden cultural event for the year 2016.

Oman Tuluver commenced the proceedings with traditional lighting of the florally decorated lamp.

The following members from various communities lit the lamp- Laxmi Narayana  Acharya , Shanker Shetty , S.K. Poojary, Ramesh Shettigar,  Prakash Naik, Vivian Pereira, Seetharam Achar, Narasimha Nayak, Mohammed Shukoor, Ganesh Banjan, Santosh Kumble and Chinmaya Sherigar.

The other members and well wishers of Oman Tuluver namely Shashidhar Shetty, Divakar Shetty, Ashok Suvarna, Dr Anchan CK, Niranjan Shettigar, Nagesh Shetty, Shrikanth Shetty, Yuvaraj Salian, Girish Kanchan, Nagendra Prasad, Manjunath Nayak, and Srinivas Shriyan were unable to attend the function but conveyed their support and best wishes to Oman Tuluver team.

The beautifully designed logo of Oman Tuluver, depicting the essence of Tuluva culture was unveiled on the occasion. Oman Tuluver proudly announced their activities by their Help centre. They congratulated Sunil Shetty and Suraj Shetty for their efforts and contribution to the association.

Oman Tuluver got  the colorful  flyer of the Yakshagana prasanga ‘Manikantha Mahime’ released by the members of the various  communities namely Ganesh Shetty, Arunakar Shetty, Guru Prasad Amin, Ravindra Achar, Shekar Shetty, Jayaram Rao, SDT Prasad, Syed Mohiddin Sastan and Melwyn.

The ticket copies were released by the following members-Rathnakar Acharya, Mahabala Mendon, Damodar Shetty, Gangadhar Poojary, Karunakar  Rao, Ramanand Kunder, Dr Ranjan, Monabba Beary, and Pradeep Alva.

Oman Tuluver is highly elated by the wholehearted support and encouragement by the response and enthusiasm expressed and displayed by the members and art lovers.

Artistes of Yakshagana ballet ‘Manikantha Mahime’

The well renowned exponent Bhagavathar, Patla Sathish Shetty will regale the audience with his classic renditions, along with the other renowned artistes Akshay Kumar Marnad, Laxman Marakada, Kishore Gatti, Prashanth Vogenadu, Gangadhar Shettigar, Shekar Shettigar, Girish Kumar, Sharath Poojary  and artistes from Yakshamitra Troupe.

On behalf of Oman Tuluver, Ramanand  Shetty thanked each and every one immensely and counted on their support.