Wishing all the Blog readers a very HAPPY AYUDHA POOJA AND VIJAYADASHAMI

Wishing all the Blog readers a very HAPPY AYUDHA POOJA AND VIJAYADASHAMI
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I wish all the readers of this blog a very happy dasara and vijayadashami.On this auspiscious day where we celebrate the good over evil(kali devi) and the happiness of vijay(win)of the pandavas.

Some parts of this region also say like bani thogondu bangarandhagi ronu and also lot people think its the auspicious day to buy gold in the market.

Once again i wish all readers happy dasara.

-Pappu

Durga Puja in North Karnataka

Durga Puja in North Karnataka
The Times of India,Bangalore

In north Karnataka, Dasara is all about Durga Puja, but such celebrations are mostly confined to homes. The emphasis is on worship of Shakti. Many fashion a large Durga idol out of clay, offer puja to the idol on three days starting with Durgashtami, before immersing the idols on Vijayadashami. However, of late, the 10-day Dasara festival is slowly becoming popular in the region. In Belgaum, the tradition of organising Dasara procession on Vijayadashami day started in 1901 and has continued ever since.

In Dharwad, for the first time, a colourful Dasara procession was organised on Tuesday. Besides, some community pujas are organised in some localities. Suryavamsha Sahsarjun Kshatriya Samaj holds the most attractive features of Dasara celebration in Hubli called Tagarina Kalaga, where 100 rams fight. The losing rams are sacrificed to Devi.

IBM takes open source to Hubli

IBM takes open source to Hubli
The Times of India,Bangalore

By R Raghavendra/TNN

Bangalore: IBM CEO Sam Palmisano’s first visit to Bangalore and India in 2003, which included the signing of an MoU with the then S M Krishna government, is finally bearing fruit. Very soon, you will see students and faculty of engineering colleges in North Karnataka develop and test software for various government departments. They may also be involved in building products, which could later evolve into new business ventures.

The Karnataka government is set to replicate the success of world-renowned institutes like MIT, Harvard and Oxford with the unveiling of IBM’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the B V B College in Hubli. To be inaugurated by the chief minister, this centre is coming up along with the co-operation of the Board for IT Education Standards (Bites) and the Department of IT and BT, government of Karnataka.

“The focus would be to develop a Knowledge Management Initiative for higher technical institutions in Karnataka under the aegis of Bites. As part of this MoU, a centre of excellence in Linux and open source technologies is being set up at the B V B College,’’ Prahalad Rao, director of Bites told The Times of India.

Rao added that the CoE would also facilitate students and faculty in taking up e-Governance projects and develop low cost applications based on Open Standards for government departments in North Karnataka.