Onam Festivities at Karavali College Bring God's Own Country to City
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (SR/CN)
Mangalore, Sep 4: It was like being transported to God's own country for a day as students of Karavali Group of Colleges decked in traditional attires celebrated Onam with great pomp and splendour on Saturday September 4.
The vibrant celebrations were held at Neermarga Karavali Institute of Technology College here.
Ganesh Rao, chairman, Karavali Group of Colleges, welcomed the gathering and said that the programme is mostly to show the cohesiveness of the students and their unity in diversity.
City police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh, presiding over the function, said that Rao has showcased the various cultures of the nation within the premises of his institution. He said that such cultural programmes indicate that there is a feeling of oneness despite diversity in the college which is a reflection of the unity in the nation.
Singh said that the institution had brought Kerala to the city through this depiction of cultural traditions.
The cultural programme consisted of the traditional Onam dance, the ‘pookalam’, Kathakali, ‘Pilikali’ (tiger dance), Maveli (Mahabali), Kalaripayattu, Kerala style ‘Kol Kali’, boat race depiction and so on. Hindu, Muslim, and Christian weddings were staged and cultural dances were performed beautifully. A traditional Kerala-style fashion show appealed to the audience. Traditional Kerela food was served later.
Poonam Singh, Ivan D’Souza, senior vice-president, Congress party, former MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty, Moideen Bava, district president, Congress minority committee, Shreekar Prabhu, president, BJP committee, and Lata Mani Rao, director, Karavali Group of Colleges, was also present on the occasion.