Daijiworld News Network - Udupi (MB)
With inputs and pics from RK Durga Digitals
Udupi, Oct 9: The Suvarna Karnataka Dibbana (Golden Karnataka Dibbana), to commemorate 50th years of formation of the greater Karnataka state on the reorganization of the states in 1956, arrived in the temple city on Monday.
It is on its coastal lap of its journey through the state, expected to culminate in the state capital at the time of the Karnataka's golden jubilee Rajyotsava on November 1. 2006.
The convoy was welcomed with with boisterous cheers and applause and with a reception marked by colourful fanfare of folk dances and drums.
The convoy is scheduled to camp here for two days and then proceed to Kaup, then pass through Karkala, Moodbidri and Mangalore.