Sankeerna’s 6th annual day: An Evening of heart filling Classical delight

By Arathi Adiga
April 16, 2018

Dubai: It was the evening of perfection, dedication, performance, discipline, grace hard work and soulful classical dance of Sankeerna School of classical Dance’s dancing angles and disciples of Guru, Vidhushi Sapana kiran at Indian Consulate Auditorium on April 13.

Program started with the tradition of lighting the lamp by distinguished guest, Guru Sapna and Kiran Kumar. The show began with “Pushpanjali” pleasuring the god with flowers. Dancers devotionally offered their obeisance to the lord of dance Nataraja, the guru and to the audience. Then the talented dancers gave sequence of powerful performances through ‘Kali kauthuvam’ where parvati took the form of Kaali to demolish Rakthabeeja, ‘Ganesha Kauthuvam’,’Thodaya Mangalam’, where dancers invoked blessings from lord Vishnu, ’Devi Sarasvati Stuti’ through the meaningful composition of Kanakadasaru, ‘Adavu’,’Azhagu Deva’,very popular compostion of Shri Purandara dasaru ‘Bhagyada laxmi baramma’ presented soulfully, ‘Adida Nadida’,’ Govinda ninna’ then the girls dedicated yet another breath taking performance to Navadurge through ‘Aiyagiri Nandini’, ‘Vishamkara Kannan’ showcased little adorable Krishna kannayas and sweet little Radhes, ‘Flute Dance’, ’Kuravanji’ added versatility to the show and the dancers ability to perform it flawlessly.

The grand finale performance ‘Dharmakshetra’ the geethopadesha at the war field brought all the audience to the edge of their seats with the soulful music, breath taking dance and abhinaya of Krishna and Arjuna.

During the stage program Chief guest of the evening Chandra Subramani , Bharathanatyam artist and founder member f BHAVA expressed her happiness for quality of the program and dedication of the Guru. She appreciated budding artists and gave her word of encouragement and guidance.

Another guest N Mohan recalled his long association with Sankeerna and expressed happiness for their growth and wished them success. Satisfied and Proud Guru Sapna Kiran delivered vote of thanks to the Guests, parents, student’s audiences and to the press. Felicitated Shri Prakash Rao Payyar well known kannada writer and theater director of Dubai Kannada theater, through his recent drama “Swapnavasavadatte” Sapna Kiran debuted in a lead role as Vasavadatte.   She extended her gratitude to her parents who put her in Classical dance path and Gurus who made her the Dancer of par excellence, family and friends.

Sruti Karthik charismatically compered the program with detailed explanation of each dance form with the evidence and stories from Puranas and Vedas. Her Persuasive language captivated the audience.

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January 27,2020

Riyadh: On the occasion of 71st Republic Day of India, Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) conducted BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN on the 17th Jan 2020 at KING SAUD Universities King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh. 

This is one of KWARs Prestigious Humanitarian EVENT every year, as we are indebted to serve the society for a Great Cause.

The campaign began at 08:30 am with a theme of Republic Day Celebrations and went on till 3:30 pm. Irrespective of Friday being a weekend and holiday people came in good numbers to donate Blood. The Hospital Staff, The Doctors and the Blood Bank Technicians and others at King Khalid University Hospital were more than happy to serve all those who have participated in this campaign.

KWAR Thanks all the Hospital Staff especially Mr. Salman Baqsh for his introduction of KWAR to Blood Bank and all the arrangements for this campaign, without his support this could not been done. Dr. Zafar Mahmoud for his wonderful support during the campaign and Mr. Abdullah Al Saman for his outstanding Hospitality throughout the campaign. KWAR also thanks all the donors who came all the way voluntarily for this Great Humanitarian Cause. As a token of gesture KWAR awarded Certificate of Appreciation to all the participants.

And KWAR would like to thank specially Mr. Nasir, Representative of Blood Helpline Karnataka, who encouraged many donors and made them to actively participate and donate blood for this noble cause.

KWAR’s core activities was on display on the screen, with most of the Committee members were present at the venue to serve the donors. KWAR thanks all the members, the Executive committee and all those who took their valuable time to organize this event successfully and thank all our well-wishers who supported us for the BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN. We in KWAR wish every Donor and the participants a healthy life ahead, and we need everyone's active participation in all our Future events.

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August 6,2020

Dubai, Aug 6: Non-resident Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dewakara Alva passed away on Thursday August 6. He was 63.

Alva, who hailed from Mangaluru, was the director of Federal Insurance Brokers LLC, Dubai and was residing in Dubai for around four decades. He was reportedly suffering from health problems for last few months. 

He was a patron of Tulu and Kannada language and culture in United Arab Emirates. He was a member of various NRI organizations including UAE Tulu Koota and UAE Bunts

Alva is survived by wife Saritha, daughter Powshali, and son Manal.

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May 22,2020

Mangaluru, May 22: An elderly cardiac patient from Dakshina Kannada, who was stranded in Saudi Arabia due to covid-19 lock-down, has finally reached his homeland thanks to the timely intervention by Humanity Forum Jubail and Indian Social Forum.

The elderly man hailing from Kadaba area of Dakshina Kannada was admitted to a hospital in Madinah. However, his condition continued to worsen due to lack of proper treatment. The efforts by his family members to bring him back home had not yielded results.

Meanwhile, one of the relatives of the patient, Ansari Suratkal, who happens to be a DKSC activist, brought the issue to the notice of the Karnataka unit of the Indian Social Forum in Dammam. ISF contacted Humanity Forum president Zakariya Jokatte, who helped the patient to speak directly union minister D V Sadananda Gowda in a video conference organised by coastaldigest.com.

Humanity Forum also persuaded the Indian Embassy to allow the stranded cardiac patient to fly back to India through Dammam-Bengaluru repatriation flight on May 20. 

However, it was not easy for the patient to travel from Madinah to Dammam International Airport due to lock-down and curfew. ISF not only obtained travel permission for him but also arranged vehicle. Jeddah and Riyadh units of ISF helped in obtaining permission letter in their respective places in spite of travel ban imposed by the police. Madinah unit of ISF arranged vehicle for transportation. Zakariya Jokatte bore the air ticket and other expenses of the patient.

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