Riyadh: Coastal Karnataka’s heritage comes alive at Karavali Parba-2012

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December 15, 2012
Riyadh, December 15: 'Karavali Parba 2012' hosted by Karavali Welfare Association-Riyadh (KWAR) to mark its fifth anniversary recreated a miniature coastal Karnataka abroad with hundreds of NRIs from coastal Karnataka coming together under one platform in Saudi Arabian capital.

Addressing the gathering KWAR Royston Prabhu briefed about the activities of his association. He said KWAR has been actively involved in charitable activities.

He also said that efforts are still on to get direct flight between Mangalore and Saudi Arabian city. “Our dream may soon fulfill,” he said.

The spectacular evening aimed to entertain ‘Karavali’ expats in the city of Riyadh, started with the recitation of Quranic verses.

Prizes were distributed to winners of various competitions. Vice President of KWAR Parvez Ali delivered the welcome address while General Secretary Muzaffar Ali presented the annual report about the activities of the association.

The Karavali Parba indeed showcased Karnataka Karavali People’s heritage, tradition, ethnic food, ethnic folk, ethnic artifacts, ethnic sports and ethnic way of life in the heart of the oil rich kingdom.

Cultural programmes enthralled the gathering. Tiger-dance known as “huli vesha” was the special attraction of the event.

Founder president of KWAR Vijay Rai, former president Ramesh Shetty, P M A Razak of Plama Developers, Kevin Nazreth of Bhandary Builders and Shamsuddin Mayyaddi of Horizon builders were present on the occasion.


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Media Release
June 24,2020

The Overseas Indian Cultural Congress (OICC), Bahrain, has charted aircrafts to repatriate stranded expatriates to India. 

Boby Parayil, General Secretary, OICC National Committee, Bahrain has thanked all those who supported in this cause.

“The aircrafts were not licensed and were in crisis until the last minute. Finally, Mohammed Mansoor, president of Bahrain chapter of Indian Overseas Congress approached IOC Middle East in charge Dr Arathi Krishna, who helped get permission to operate flight to Kozhikode,” he said in a release. 

All mandatory approvals from the Foreign Ministry of Affairs and other government officials were accomplished by Dr Arathi Krishna. OICC has expressed gratitude to her for her timely support, he said. 

OICC is also grateful to former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy for doing necessary arrangements to get all the approvals for flight landing in Kerala, he added.

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