Hand-made artifacts showcase India's culturally enriched regions

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December 6, 2013

Mangalore, Dec 6: A ten-day exhibition featuring the rich and varied art and craft traditions from various parts of India,'Cottage Mela 2013' organised by Central Cottage Industries Emporium (CCIE) was inaugurated here on Friday, providing a platform for the cultural and artistic interchange between artisans and customers.

The exhibition-cum-sale was inaugurated by owner of Woodlands Hotel, Mangalore Ramesh Bhat in the premises of the hotel.

Several customers were seen interacting with artisans from Rajasthan, Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad and other parts of the country, admiring hand-made art objects and jewellery.

Exquisitely-made handicrafts such as silver jewellery, ethnic show pieces made from terra-cotta, paintings, metal ware, woodcraft, show pieces made of marble dust from Tamil Nadu, pottery, lamps, Kashmiri hand-woven carpets, hand-crafted wooden furniture, brass and bronze idols and semi-precious stone jewellery were on display at the exhibition.

The sale also presented several kinds of textiles such as handloom and cotton sarees and dresses, kurtas, jackets and scarves from Bihar, Rajasthan, Lucknow and Kashmir.

Apart from the special attraction of hand-knotted carpets, handmade silver jewellery made by artisans from Kashmir caught the fancy of women who walked into the mela.

Another crowd-puller were exquisite art products and show pieces creatively made out of terra-cotta that were kept on display by Mangalorean Merlin Raskina, who has been making show-pieces and conducting exhibitions from the past 20 years.

The mela will be open till December 15 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. For further details, contact Inayath Shah – 9448071867.

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March 18,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 18: In the backdrop of the breakdown of the COVID-19 virus across the state, the ongoing Budget session of the Karnataka Assembly, which is scheduled to end of this month, is likely to be cut short by one week.

According to official sources, the state government, which had shut down all the congregating places including Malls, Theatres, Marriage Halls and banned all the public functions, is in favor of the cutting short the ongoing Assembly session, to give focus on keeping a tab on the COVID-19 disease.

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February 24,2020

Belgaum, Feb 24: Around 20 people entered a boys' hostel premises in Karnataka's Belgaum with rods and bats and destroyed properties allegedly over ragging of a girl by two hostel residents.

The incident took place on February 23 and was captured in the CCTV camera.

According to Belgaum Police, a gang of 20 people entered Dr BR Ambedkar post metric hostel premises in Belgaum with rods and bats. The group destroyed the properties of hostel, bikes, and scooters.

Police said this is an issue of ragging and during the incident, no students were injured.

Further, the investigation is underway.

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February 20,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 20: A wild tusker was spotted in Kukke Subrahmanya town here, in the early hours of Thursday.

Range Forest Officer (RFO), Kukke Subrahmanya Tyagaraj said that it was seen walking from Kashi Kattte in the town to Nuchila around 0530 hours without creating any havoc.

The same elephant was spotted some days ago at Harihara, a small village town near Kukke Subrahmanya.

It has been roaming around in the forests nearby for some time now. So far, it had not caused disturbance to people nor had it damaged any property, Mr. Tyagaraj said.

Kukke Subrahmanya is on the foot of the Western Ghats.

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