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A feast of ‘Yakshagana’ marks KaDaM’s 9th anniversary in Ajman

Shodhan Prasad
November 20, 2019

Kundapura Devadiga Mitra (KaDaM) celebrated their 9th anniversary on Friday the 15th of November, 2019 at Habitat School Auditorium, Ajman.  The day long programme started at 11 am with traditional lighting the lamp by female members of KaDaM who inaugurated the event.

MC Nithyanand Beskoor welcomed the audience and chief guests and invited President KaDaM, Dinesh Chandrashekar Devadiga Nagoor to do the honours.

Chief Guests including Mahaligna Devadiga Uppunda, AGM of Corporation Bank, Bagalkote, Nagaraj D. Padukone, Businessman and Social Worker of L.G. Foundation, Padukone, Rajyotsava Awardee Lion B.G. Mohandas, Poitician Raju Devadiga, Veteran Seena Devadiga, H.S. Devadiga, President of Devadiga Sangha Dinesh Devadiga, Sitar Ratna Devadas Pai, Shodhan Prasad, Suresh Devadiga, Nithyanand Beskoor and other dignitaries were invited on to the stage and welcomed with flower bouquet.

Nithyanand later introduced the fellow MC’s of the day, Santosh, Shridhar, Santosh Kolnadu, Asha & Shashirekha who especially carried on the entertainment part of the show smoothly.

Yuvaraj Devadiga rendered the prayer song ‘Ganesha Sthuti’ followed by welcome dance by Dhanya Dinesh Devadiga & Shibani.  Pramod Kumar presented a beautiful song to start the entertainment section.

Followed was a Hindi filmy dance by Advik, Ayush, Pratham, Rusham, Sriansh & Shrishanth which was mesmerizing.  Later Suresh Devadiga sang a beautiful folk number of Legend Dr. C. Ashwath ‘Mareyabeda’ which was well applauded.

Dhanya Dinesh Devadiga later presented a semi classical dance ‘Omkara’ from Aaptharakshaka which was awesome.

Sanskriti Dance Group presented a filmy dance which was well performed by Nivedya, Sharanya, Laxmi, Elsa, nandana, sanjana, Neeralakshmi, Nethra, Sera, Shreeya & Taniskha.

Vasudeva Devadiga, Rathnakar Devadiga & Manjunath Devadiga presented a meaningful well performed comedy skit in Kannada.

Visiting Artiste Sitar Ratna Devadas Pai who was guest during the event was called to present a solo Sitar performance which got good response from the audience.

Beautiful Ladies of KaDaM,  Shashirekha, Kiran Beskoor, Hema, Reshma Pramod & Asha presented a well-choreographed Punjabi Group Dance which received a grand round of applause from the audience.

Dhanya, Shreesha &U Shreeya later presented a Hindi Filmy dance number followed by Golden Star Music who presented another dance number comprising of Padmaja Padnekar, Ridhi Padnekar, Krishnapriya, Mahalakshmi, Jithin P, Samyak & Samarth well-choreographed and applauded.

Sudhakar Devadiga read out the annual report of KaDaM from the inception to the 9th anniversary programme highlighting KaDaM’s active involvement in Community Social wellbeing including helping in education and medical emergencies back in India and Ekanatheshwara Temple.

All the Sponsors and Well-wishers were invited on to the stage and honoured with flowers, shawl and mementos.

DEVADIGA SADAKA PRASHASTI AWARD:

Nagaraj D. Padukone, Businessman and Social Worker of L.G. Foundation, Padukone washonoured with ‘Devadiga Sadaka Prashasti’ Award during the occasion.

GUEST OF HONOUR:

Lion B.G. Mohandas who is the founder of Gulf Kannadiga.com and also the honorary advisor of KaDaM was honoured during the programme for having received the Karnataka State Rajyotsava Award 2019 recently.

‘KUSHA LAVA KALAGA’ YAKSHAGANA BALLET

The special attraction of the day was Yakshagana Ballet ‘Kusha Lava Kalaga’ which was beautifully presented by Shree Kshethtra Maranakatte Shree Brahmalingeshwara Yakshagana Mandali and was the first time in UAE.  This started after the lunch till late evening.

The artistes comprised of Ravi Devadiga Soralu as Bhagavathar, Chethan Acharya in Chende, Mahabaleshwara Gowda in Maddale with participants Irabailu Ananda Shetty as Rama, Sheena Devadiga Nagoor as Shatrughana, Kolali Krishna Shetty as Kusha, Vaataru Raveendra Shetty as Lava and Shekar Shetty Yelaberu in a comic role.  Sheena Devadiga Nagoor conducted this ballet in a traditional way which was very well applauded by all the audience.

Family Members of KaDaM and Volunteers actively took part in the celebration in making the event a grand success.

Luck Draw, Prize Distribution, honoring the participants and some other guests were done systematically after that.

The programme got concluded with ‘Vote of Thanks’ by Nithyanand Beskoor.

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Media Release
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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Agencies
August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week. 

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coastaldigest.com web desk
January 30,2020

Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province Central Committee, Saudi Arabia organized Republic Day program at AlRyan Policlinic Restaurant Auditorium, Dammam on 25th January 2020.

Abdul Waris, Former Chairman of Indian International School Dammam Inaugurated the program.

Wasim Rabbani, president of Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province Central Committee Presided over the program.

Mansoor Shah KFUPM, Indian Social Forum Delhi Zone President, Dr. Fayaz Ahmed from King Fahad University Hospital, Amir Moulavi, Executive Member,  India Fraternity Forum (IFF) Dammam, Nasir Koduvalli, Indian Social Forum, Kerala State President, Dammam, Sharief, Social Forum Karnataka State President, DammamJahangir Moulavi, Tamilnadu State president delivered speech at the program. Mohammed Firoz, Indian Social Forum  President, Jubail read the preamble of constitution. 

 Nameer Kerala , Secretary, Social Forum Central Committee welcomed guests while Ashraf Karnataka, General Secretary, Central Committee delivered vote of thanks and Tahir Hyderabad, Secretary, Indian Social Forum, Central Committee coordinated the program.

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