Curtains go up on Dharwad Utsav
Staff Correspondent
Heralding a start:Minister Jagadish Shettar and journalist Patil Puttappa inaugurating the festivities in Dharwad on Saturday.
DHARWAD: The annual Dharwad Utsav got off to a colourful start at an impressive inaugural function held at the Karnatak College grounds here on Saturday.
People from various parts of the region thronged the venue. A small but colourful procession was taken out prior to the inaugural function which, to some extent, filled the vacuum created by the postponement of the mammoth Janapada Kalavahini procession, following the bandh call given by the BJP on Saturday.
Speaking on the occasion, poet Chennaveera Kanavi dedicated the utsav to musical maestro Mallikarjun Mansur as the event falls on his birth centenary.
The formal inauguration of the festivities was done by Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Jagadish Shettar and veteran journalist Patil Puttappa by beating traditional drums.
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