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Udupi: Sri Krishna Leelotsava attracts thousands of devotees

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September 6, 2015

Udupi, Sep 6: Thousands of people took part in the procession of the Sri Krishna Leelotsava, popularly called the Vittal Pindi festival, on Car Street here on Sunday.

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The procession started from the entrance of the Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple at around 3 p.m. Vidyavallabha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Kaniyur Mutt installed a clay idol, ‘utsava murthy’, of Lord Krishna on the top of the golden chariot.

The idols of Lord Ananteshwara and Lord Chandramouleshwara were placed in the ‘Navaratna Ratha’ ahead of the golden chariot.

These chariots were pulled around Car Street with traditional drum beaters and ‘Huli Vesha’ dancers accompanying them. Vidyavallabha Tirtha, Vidyasagara Tirtha of Krishnapur Mutt and Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt walked between the two chariots.

There were a large number of people behind and in front of the chariots.

But the main highlight of the festival was mosaru kudike or breaking of earthen pots.

As many as 15 wooden gopuras were constructed around Car Street. As soon as the procession reached a gopura, a person would climb atop it and hang pots containing milk and milk products.

A group of persons dressed in folk costumes would stand below the gopura with long sticks and jostle with one another to break the earthen pots (with the sticks). This process was repeated at all the wooden gopuras.

People applauded them whenever they broke the earthen pots. Mosaru kudike here is different from those arranged at other places, where human pyramids are formed to break earthen pots hung above.

Then, Vidyavallabha Tirtha distributed ladoos and chakkulis at a stage put up near the Ananteshwara Temple Cross Road. Another feature of the festival was the enthusiastic participation of the Huli Vesha groups.

Their vigorous and spirited dancing enlivened the atmosphere.

What caught everyone’s eye was a Huli Vesha dancer dancing on two wooden bars held above the ground by members of his group. Some Yakshagana dancers also displayed their dancing skills during the procession.

After going around the Car Street, the procession culminated at the entrance of the Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple. The clay idol of Lord Krishna was removed from the golden chariot and taken in a golden palanquin and immersed in the Madhwa Sarovara, marking the culmination of the festival.

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Ashok Eggoni
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Monday, 26 Sep 2016

Thank you coastaldigest for sharing. Indeed it was useful information about Udupi Temple Keep up the work..! Appreciate the time was taken to share the valuable info with the visitors/devotees like us..!

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February 26,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 26: Mangaluru Smart City Limited (MSCL) Managing Director Mohammed Nazir on Wednesday said that 13 Schools in eight wards, here, will be upgraded under the Area Based Development (ABD) of the Smart City Mission (SCM).

Mr. Nazir, in a statement, said that the Schools selected include Government Higher Primary School Car Street, Bastigarden, Neereshwalya, Hoigebazar Lower Primary School, Government Practicing HS, Balmatta Primary School, Balmatta Secondary School, Bunder Higher Primary School (Urdu), Bunder Government High School (Urdu) and Bolara East Government Primary School.

These Smart Schools will have IT-enabled interactive teaching and learning tools, computer labs and open reading plazas.

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August 2,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi, Aug 2: The twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi witnessed sporadic movement of vehicles and relatively less commercial activities today in spite of the withdrawal of ‘Sunday lockdown’ by the state government. 

After the central government announced guidelines under Unlock 3.0, the Karnataka government has removed the complete lockdown concept on Sundays and done away with the night curfews too. So from today (August 2), there will be no lockdown on Sundays.

KSRTC operated its buses as usually. However, compared to other days, today the number of private and city buses on the roads in Dakshina Kannada was limited. 

In Udupi, city buses remained off the roads as the number of passengers was less. However, KSRTC and NARM buses were seen transporting passengers.

In containment zones ban on movement of people will continue till August 31 in Udupi. The Santhekatte market used to function on Saturdays, as there was Sunday lockdown on earlier Sundays. Now the market will be open on Sundays only.

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June 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 18: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah has accused the BJP-led government of not passing the benefit of the low price of crude to the common man and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to bring down prices of petroleum products.

Hitting out at the BJP-led government, he termed it as "opportunistic" and said the price of petroleum products were being increased when people were facing difficulties due to COVID-19.

"It is very disheartening to witness and unprecedented opportunistic government which is trying to extract every pound and flesh from the common man, that too when the whole country is suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. This is in the backdrop of the continuous price hike in the last 10 days," said the letter was written on Wednesday.

The Congress leader said that the policy decisions taken by the government "with respect to managing fuel sources are inconsistent with the prudent measures generally adopted".

"When the price of crude oil was remarkably low in March, April and May 2020, your government was very reluctant to pass on the benefits to the people by reducing the fuel prices proportionately, but, instead, your government continued to capitalise by increasing the excise duty," he said.

He said the government had also "failed" in the last six years to increase the oil storage capacity which could have been used for the country's advantage when the international crude oil price fell really low.

He said the government should roll back the excise duty and help in the reduction of fuel prices.

"The reduced burden will help the common man to have additional money in hand that will be spent on essential goods and services which will ultimately help them tide over these difficult times," he said.

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