Vijayanagara empire 'rebuilt' with light and music at Nehru Maidan

March 5, 2011

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Mangalore, March 5: The grandeur of Vijayanagara empire set up by Sri Krishnadevaraya came alive in the coastal city of Mangalore, five centuries after he ruled the empire of south India with the inauguration of two-day sound and light show at Nehru Maidan on Saturday.



The programme has been jointly organized by the Karnataka State Tourism Department, Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation and Dakshina Kannada district administration to mark the 500th anniversary of the coronation of the renowned king.


Speaking after inaugurating the programme, District incharge minister Krishna J Palemar said it was necessary to understand the glorious past of the Vijayanagara Kingdom in order to motivate the younger generations.

Mnagalore Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh, MLA UT Khader, DC Subodh Yadav, DK District Sahitya Parishat president Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, additional DC Prabhakar Sharma, assistant Director of Tourism Department Mahesh Kumar, were among the chief guests.

The entry is free for thel visitors on both the days.



The 70-minute sound-music programme titled 'Rayaratha', stole the hearts of the visitors on the first day as it chronicled the rise and fall of the Vijayanagara kingdom including the birth of Krishnadevaraya, coronation, marriage, friendship with British, stone chariot, Ugra Narasimha, Vithat's temple, Viroopaksha temple, Hampi Bazar, elephants' mouth, Anjaneya peak, sister rock and other memorials.
Large number of enthusiastic crowd, including children and women, attended the first day's programme, which was inaugurated in a unique manner by lighting a torch.

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February 20,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 20: Leaving the organisers of an event to protest against the CAA, NRC and NRP here red-faced, a young woman on Thursday reportedly raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogan in the presence of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who denounced her action and asserted "we are for India".

The woman, identified as Amulya, allegedly asked people to shout with her "Pakistan Zindabad" after the organisers of the event under the banner of "Save Constitution" invited her to address the gathering soon after Owaisi came on the stage.

Soon Owaisi rushed to snatch the mike from her hands and was joined by others who tried to remove her from the state.

But the woman was adamant and raised the slogan again repeatedly. Later, the police stepped in and removed her from the dais.

Owaisi then addressed the gathering, saying he did not agree with the woman.

"Neither me nor my party has any link with her. We denounce her. The organisers should not have invited her here. If I knew this, I would not have come here. We are for India and we no way support our enemy nation Pakistan. Our entire drive is to save India," the AIMIM MP said.

JD(S) corporator Imran Pasha claimed she was planted by some rival group to disrupt the event.

The woman, he said, was not in the list of speakers and demanded that the police investigate the matter seriously.

Sources say Amulya hails from Chikkamagaluru and her parents have always been in the forefront of taking on government and its policies for well over a decade. 

As per local TV reports, the student was taken to Upparpet police station, but later shifted to an undisclosed destination for more questioning.

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January 15,2020

Mangalore, Jan 15: In one of the biggest seizure of gold in the new decade, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths here have seized five kg of gold valued at Rs two Crore from the Air Cargo Complex at International Airport here recently.

Acting on a tip-off the officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Bangalore and Mangalore in a co-ordinated effort unraveled a unique modus of smuggling of gold through Air Cargo Complex, at old airport, Bajpe Mangalore two days back, According to release issued here on Tuesday evening.

The smuggled gold was concealed in five metal sprockets which were imported by M/s Swaroop Mineral Pvt Ltd of Udupi in the name of “mining conveyor drive chain”.

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January 20,2020

Mysuru, Jan 20: A 100-member team of National Security Guards (NSG) has arrived in the city for bolstering security measures in the tourist centre and to demonstrate the preparedness of the elite force to tackle any exigency in the region.

The annual maintenance of the Mysuru Palace will be taken up on Monday and the NSG commandos are expected to give suggestions and directions for improving the security at the place. It is also said that the commandos may visit Mysuru airport.

It is also said that the commandos may visit Mysuru airport. According to sources, from the Palace Board, the team of commandos reached Mysuru two days ago and interacted with the officials and engineers of the Palace Board.

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