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Millennium's second anointing of Venur Bahubali concludes

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February 6, 2012

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Venur, February 6: The curtain descended on the second Mahamastakabhisheka celebrations of the new millennium officially here on Sunday with a colourful anointing ceremony for the statue of Bahubali situated on the northern side of River Phalguni.

The visual splendour of grand anointment unfolded as many pilgrims sang and danced in front of the 35-foot-tall monolithic statue.

The highlight of the final day was 1008 kalasha abhishekha which started with the prathama kalasha at 6.45 pm.

As many as 4,000 devotees sitting in the main venue and in excess of 40,000 outside witnessed the head anointing ceremony of the monolith, erected in 1604 AD to commemorate Lord Bahubali's supreme sacrifice of renouncing the throne in pursuit of eternal bliss and liberation.

Ashok Jain, secretary of the Mahamasthakabhisheka Committee, said the total attendance to witness the event for the nine day event crossed 1.5 lakh, with a maximum of 40,000 on Sunday and 35,000 each on Friday and Saturday. ``As the event was also telecast live on Sunday, on a local channel, the numbers did not swell as expected,'' he added.

Earlier the 1008 kalasha's filled with 'agrodaka' from the well at Rama Mandir at Kelaginapete, about a kilometer from the main venue was brought in a procession. The nine day event remained incident-free without any accidents or case of missing persons, barring a two hour traffic gridlock on Saturday.

What followed after the two hour 1008 kalasha Jalabhisheka was indeed breath-taking. From white to yellow to red, the colour of the monolith statue changed every half an hour, to the awe of devotees chanting steady stream of devotional songs and chant of `Bolo Bahubali Bhagwan ki Jai' renting the air. As many as 800 litres of milk, 300 litres of tender coconout water, 300 litres of cane sugar juice, five `butti's' of rice flour powder and 80 kgs of turmeric, srigandha, chandana, astagandha paste slid down the monolith on the final day. The final offering, after maha arathi, was a huge garland of over 20,000 flowers to Bahubali which ended the nine day spectacle and filled devotees with visual as well as spiritual bliss.

The next Mahamasthakabhisheka will be held in this region itself at Karkala (Udupi District) in 2014.



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January 8,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 8: No bandh-like situation prevailed in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, despite a nationwide strike called by trade union employees. Day-to-day activities are not disturbed, as buses and auto-rickshaws are moving as usual. 

However, in Bunder area, one of the business hubs of Mangaluru city, most of the shops today remained shut. As a result business was partially hit in the coastal city.

In other parts of Mangaluru city business firms, and market places are also open. Schools and colleges have not declared a holiday. government offices are also functioning as usually.

However, branches of many banks, excluding SBI, are closed for customers.

Members of various trade unions took out a rally and staged a protest in front of the Town Hall in Mangaluru.

Along with minimum wages, cancellation of contract labour system, no privatisation, welfare of farmers and other demands were also highlighted by the protestors. 

Slogans were also raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and anti-labour policies of his government. 

Members of AITUC, TUCC, AIUTUC, AIDYO, AIBEA, BSNLEU, INTUC, AIIEA, and associations of Anganwadi workers, mid-day meal workers, medical representatives, KSRTC employees, gram panchayat employees, and others took part in the protest.

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Kasaragod, Apr 10: The death of five cats in the general hospital-turned-Covid-19 isolation centre here recently has evoked a little bit of scare among the health authorities who are eagerly awaiting the viscera test results of the dead animals.

The death of the cats has evoked anxiety in the backdrop of a tiger in a zoo in United States tested positive for Covid-19 recently.

It was recently that the hospital authorities had noticed the death of the cats, which include two male and a female adult and two kittens, were long been seen in and around the hospital compound.

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July 11,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 11: Under the fourth phase of Vande Bharat Mission, the government of India has announced as many as 42 repatriation flights from Saudi Arabia to various Indian destinations including four flights to Karnataka. 

On July 25 an Air India flight will fly from Dammam International Airport to Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.

On July 26 another Air India flight will take off from Dammam and land in Bengaluru and then again it will continue its journey till Mangaluru International Airport. 

On July 27, Air India will operate a flight from Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport to Bengaluru. 

On July 28, Air India will operate another flight from Jeddah to Mangaluru. It will be the last flight from Saudi to Karnataka under the fourth phase of Vande Bharat Mission.

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