Doha : Karnataka Sangha Makes 54th Rajyotsava Celebration Colourful

by Alexis Castelino
Daijiworld Media Network - Doha

Doha Nov 26: Karnataka Sangha Qatar celebrated the 54th Karnataka Rajyotsava day with a colorful cultural programme at the Ashoka hall in the ICC premises,recently.

The stage was grandly decorated in a unique style using the colour of Karnataka flag. The progamme began with an introduction by the KSQ vice-presient V S. Mannangi who also introduced the master of the ceremony for the evening Vani Shripad Bhat, a member of the KSQ.

Savitha Arun and Asha Subrahmanya sang  the welcome song ”Hacchevu Kannadada Deepa” followed by the lamp lighting ceremony by the KSQ president Arun Kumar, vice-president Mannangi, secretary Arun (ABB), advisory council member Sanjay Kudri and ladies advisory wing head Milan Arun.

The chief guest of the evening was  R Seetaraman, the chief executive officer of Doha Bank.

In his message he spoke about the achievements of Indians at the international level and contribution of the Indians towards the global growth. He praised the people of Karnataka for their contribution towards the development of India. The guest of honour K M Varghese, the president of ICC stressed on the point about the mother tongue and the need to balance between mother tongue and the international language English. KSQ secretary Arun presented the annual report to the gathering.

KSQ felicitated its outstanding members, the unsung heroes Narayana Rao H L an auditor by profession who is also auditing the KSQ accounts since many years, Nagesh Rao, the founder member of the KSQ who is also serving as the treasurer for the last 12 years, J J Pal, one of
the most dedicated and silent worker of KSQ who also renders a excellent logistic support during all the KSQ activities. The felicitation was jointly done by Seetharaman, KM Varghese, Arun Kumar and Mannangi.

The Rajyotsava yearly souvenir ‘Srigandha’ was released by Seetaraman .The Srigandha editorial team headed by Madhu and other office-bearers of KSQ Management Committee were present on the stage during the release. A minute's silence was observed by the gathering in remembrance of the 26/11(Mumbai) martyrs.

Cultural Entertainment

Bharatnatyam dance was performed by Anushka Halagatti, Reshma and Nivedita followed by an instrumental jugalbandi music on violin and flute by Arun Kumar and Ritvind Deshnur.

Ajay Warrior and Divya Raghavan, the well known singing duo from Karnataka enthralled the audience with songs on Karnataka in Kannada which also included numbers from well know filmy hits. It was a superb performance while the audience was dancing and enjoying throughout.

Dance Galu Ghalentu from Mylari film was performed by the KSQ girls Aishwarya Nagesh, Shwetha Raghuman, Shrusti Shetty and Sameeksha Shetty and choreographed by Milan Arun.

Kogali Kotresh from Kudligi town of Bellary district entertained the gathering with voice imitations and mimicry. The tabla voice imitation was very well appreciated by the huge gathering. Kotresh a professional mimicry artist has performed about 3,000 stage shows all over India. He is the recipient of many awards in the field of humor.

Muralidhar Kowshik, a magician from Karnataka entertained the gathering with his philosophy based (ON MANKKU THIMMANA KAGGA BY DVG) magic tricks. Muralidhar Kowshik , a cinema based person having his own studio in the outskirts of Bangalore has engaged himself with philosophy based magic shows since many years and has performed in hundreds of shows all over the world.

The stage programme was conducted by the dynamic star of KSQ Manjunath. Welcome speech was delivered by the president Arun Kumar who emphasized on teaching children to read, write and speak Kannada and announced that KSQ will start Kannada classes free of cost to all KSQ member children very soon.

The vote of thanks was given by the vice-president Mannangi. Gents dance” ekka raja rani “from the movie Jackie was performed, by Lokesh Reddy, Hariharan and Saeed Fareed and again the choreography was by Milan Arun.

The artises Ajay Warrior, Divya Raghavan and Kotresh were honoured by Lion Bannapalli Vidyadhar Hegde a philanthropist, industrialist and a social worker who is on a visit to Qatar. Lucky draw was conducted by Manjunath for which the prizes were sponsored by Planet Fashion, Monalisa Beauty and Fitness Centre, Expat Properties, Joy Alukkas and Niyaz Ahmed.

The main sponsors for the KSQ event are Al Muftah, Al Moyyad Int’l, Jafco Aluminium, Alma and Structural Qatar, the associated sponsors Darwish Trading, Group 3, STS, Super Tools, Gulfar Misnad, the co-sponsors QDC, Venus Electrical, Saleh Bin Mubarak, Al Hadram Trading, Inter Modal, Expat Properties, Deema Engg and Contracting, Injatect, Seko Logistics, Modern Freight (MFC), ATS, Petrotec, Avataar Gold, Joy Alukkas and other sponsors SASCO, Tehran Beauty Saloon, SunFlower, ATS Pest Control, Coriener Int’l, Dabbage, Al Noor Turning Workshop, Magum Trading, Al Jaber Opticians, Akshaya Jewellers, National Exchange, Canara Jewellers, Emirates, Jet Airways and Planet Fashion.

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