Rural Sports Deserve Greater Encouragement

Gonikoppal, Jul. 12: The unity of the society should always continue. The youth community should be given more priority by extending a helping hand to those in need, said Ajjikuttir Kanchana Ponnanna, wife of Virajpet assembly constituency MLA A.S. Ponnanna.

She was speaking while inaugurating the 5th annual Kesaru Gadde Sports Meet organized at Doddamane Thammaiah's paddy field in Hathur as part of Kempegowda Jayanti in collaboration with Vokkaligara Yuva Vedike and Hathur Vokkaligara Sangha. The Vokkaligara Kesaru Gadde Sports Meet is being successfully held year after year and work is being done to promote rural sports. She said that more encouragement is needed for such sports meet.

Vokkaligara Yuva Vedike Taluk President V.G. Speaking at the program held under the chairmanship of Madhusudan, he said that the sports festival has been organized for the last for the unity of the community. The support from the community is beyond expectations, and the efforts to create interest in rural sports among the youth are succeeding.

The organizers honored the donors and coffee growers Doddamane Kirthikiran and Chaitra Kirthikiran, who contributed to the success of the sports festival.

The program was attended by Hathur Vokkaligara Sangha President H.G. Anil Kumar, Kesaru Gadde Sports Festival President Hanchinamane D. Srinivas, venue donor D.E. Thammaiah, Olympian V.R. Raghunath, retired AEE V.K. Mahadev, Dr. Doddamane C. Satyaki, Dr. Doddamane S. Sushmita, lawyer Hanchinamane C. Sarathchandra, a junior officer of the Indian Army, V.P. Girish, and many other dignitaries participated.

Community members from various villages came in large numbers and graced the sports meet.

V.N. Mahesh spoke in the introduction. Ranjan and his team sang the farmer's song. Deepika Trisha and Pearl Pratishtha prayed. Retired teacher H.M. Gopalakrishna welcomed. Chandan Manjunath compered the program and proposed vote of thanks.

Various sports meet

The various sports meet held at Kesarugadde entertained the crowd. Women's throwball, men's volleyball, men's tug-of-war, women's tug-of-war, pot-breaking competition for men and women. Passing the ball, running competition for boys and girls, children, couples race were held.

Procession

As part of the sports festival, women carrying Kalasa, dressed in traditional attire, entered the grounds from the Sri Bhadrakali Temple premises in Hathur. The women welcomed the procession by lighting an aarti. Hundreds of members of the Vokkaliga community participated in the procession.

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