Mangalore: 'Include Muslims, Christians too in World Tulu Convention - Poojary Urges Heggade
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SB)
Mangalore, Oct 17: Former union minister B Janardhan Poojary urged Dharmastala dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade, convenor of World Tulu Convention to be held in Ujire on December 9 not to ignore Muslim and Christian participation in convention as their contribution to the language is equally important.
Poojary was speaking on the occassion of 'Goodudeepa Pantha", a Goodudeepa competition organized by Mangalore's popular TV channel 'Namma Kudla' on the Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Temple premises on Friday October 16. “Only Heggade can do this, as he is a great motivator and at the helm of World Tulu Convention. Tuluva is not only one whose mother tongue is Tulu, but everyone who can speak the language. In coastal area every home speaks Tulu and hence it will be inappropriate to take only section of the people into the confidence and leave others".
Inviting everyone to join Tulu convention will get a special meaning and draw attention towards Tulunadu’s unique identity, he said the language has the power of love that unites everyone. Poojary hailed Heggade for the efforts to unite people of all the community through his mission at Ujire near the holy temple town Dharmastala.
Palthady Ramakrishna Achar, president of Tulu Sahithya Academy who was also one of the guests in reply to Poojary's request that forthcoming Tulu Convention takes representation of all the communities, pointed out that the tulu convention committee already has Christian and Muslim community members, especially from Dubai and Kuwait. However, he said that Poojary's message will be conveyed to Heggade. The efforts are on to invite every Tuluva spread in India and abroad.
P Jayaram Bhat, chairman of Karnataka Bank, Walter Nandalike, editor-in-chief of Daijiworld Media Private Ltd, K P Nanjundi, noted film personality were also present on dias.