KSQ felicitates HS Venkatesh Murthy at 60th Karnataka ‘Rajyotsava’ Celebration

Doha: Karnataka Sangha Qatar Felicitated Kannada Poet, Writer, Social Thinker, Dr.H.S Venkatesh Murthy during its annual Mega Event ‘Rajyotsava’ celebration at the DPS-School auditorium Doha.
Karnataka Sangha Qatar (KSQ) known for the quality of its programs in Qatar, once again proved its prowess, with the 60th Karnataka Rajyotsava Celebration at DPS School on Friday evening.  It had a number of entertaining performances from Karnataka Based associations Tulukoota Qatar, Mangalore Cricket club, Billava Sangha and Bunts Qatar along with renowned artist ballet ‘Prabhath Kalavidaru’ from Bengaluru.

Kannada Poet Dr.H.S.Venkatesh Murthy, Kannada veteran actor Avinash and TV anchor cum actress Malavika Avinash, ICBF- Qatar president Arvind Patil were guests of honour. Suneel Tapliyar, Second secretary of Indian Embassy was chief guest of the evening. The Program started at 4 PM by lighting of lamp by guests and KSQ Committee members. Vice president Venkat Rao described the emergency precautions at the auditorium. The program began with welcome song “Vishwa Vinuthana” composed by Ashwin Kumar.

After that, the stage was open for associations to entertain the crowd. The MCC presented a glowing dance performance for the Kannada song ‘Everybody Rock to the beat’, while Bunts Qatar artists performed a skit based on the theme ‘Save Girl Child’, meanwhile Billava Qatar artists blew away the heart of audience by presenting a Train Passenger based skit and also entertained Karnataka folks with dances like Veera gase, Gowda Dance and Hulivesha.

Tulukoota Qatar artists performed a meaningful theme based ballet which highlighted ‘Karnataka Ekikarana’ and the act was dedicated to legends who contributed their life to unification of Karnataka. Especially the artists performing on Aluru Venkat Rao, Kayyara Kiyyanna Rai, Jawaharlal Nehru, Gundu Rao were the attraction of the evening. Audience offered standing ovations and thunder claps after every spectacular program.

A small formal program was held, KSQ president HK Madhu, Vice president Venkata Rao, General Secretary Sandesh Anand escorted the chief guest Suneel Thapliyal, Guest of honour Dr.H S Venkatesh Murthy, Avinash and Malavika Avinash to the stage. Advisory board chairman Deepak shetty escorted the ICBF president Aravind Patil, Bahrain Karnataka Sangha president Rajesh Shetty to the Dias. Cultural Secretary Sunil Kamalaksha escorted Gold sponsor of the event Satish from QDC, Event sponsor Rammana Hegde from Intermodal Qatar and Diamond sponsor Veeresh Mannangi from Almuftah to the Dias.

Speaking on the occasion Chief Guest Suneel Thapliyal read out message from Indian Ambassador HE Sanjeev Arora and wished all Kannadigas on 60th Rajyotsava celebration. Aravind Patil called on all Kannadigas to speak Kannada and teach Kannada to their children at home.

Padma sasanoor introduced Guests Avinash and Malavika to the audience. Avinash and Malavika Avinash spoke about their past   experiences on Rajyotsava Celebrations in India and expressed their gratitude towards KSQ for creating such a wonderful evening with spectacular programs one after another.

Laxmi Madhu put in an introductory note about Dr.H.S. Venkatesh Murthy to the gathering. Dr.H.S. Venkatesh Murthy showed his gratitude towards artists who enacted mesmerizing acts describing Karnataka’s rich culture and tradition. He also thanked KSQ for their felicitation honour.

HK Madhu delivered the welcome key note, Sandesh Anand proposed Vote of thanks.

Meanwhile the guests unveiled KSQ annual souvenir ‘Sri Gandha’. Continuing the KSQ Environmental Awareness Campaign Manjunath Rao conducted theoath taking ceremony for the gathering.

KSQ artists performed acts based on the song ‘Amma naa Devaranne Benne Kaddilla’ written by Dr.H.S.Venkatesh Murthy.

There after stage was open for most awaited program ‘Karunada Vaibhava’ ballet performance by‘Prabhath Kalavidaru’. Prabhath Kalavidaru artists performed  showcasing rich heritage of Karnataka places like Halebidu, Shravana Belagola, Hampi, Mysore and Bangalore. The ballet performed by artists captured the heart of every member of the audience. The 3D picture behind screen showed live experiences. The themes Krishna Deva Raya, Hoysala, Bahu Bali, Rani Chennamma, Dharani Mandala prompted the audience to give a standing ovation.

Sizzling Kannada anchors Roopa Pramod and Kishor compered the program.

Alma Aluminum and QDC Qatar was the Golden sponsor of the event. Intermodal Qatar was the event sponsor while  Almuftah Qatar was the Diamond sponsor of the event.  KSQ president HK Madhu expressed his heartfelt thanks to all the sponsors.