Sharjah: Sharjah Karnataka Sangha and Hrudayavahini Karnataka are planning a extravagant celebration of the 12th Vishwa Kannada Samskruthi Sammelana and their 13th Annual Day along with the presentation of the Mayura Award on November 19 and 20, 2015. The venue for the event is Al Boom Tourist Village which is near Wanderer’s Club Playground, Sharjah. This mega event is expecting thousands of Kannadigas to participate.
Various Poets, Musicians, Writers, Leaders and Dignitaries will be arriving all the way from Karnataka and other parts of the Gulf along with President of the Vishwa Kannada Samskruthi Sammelana committee, K. P. Manjunath Sagar, to attend the 12th Vishwa Kannada Samskruthi Sammelana programme.
The inauguration programme will take place on November 19, 2015 at 7.30 pm at the Fortune Grand Hotel, Al Ghusais, Dubai according to President of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah, Satish Venkataramana.
The main programme will be on November 20, 2015 at Al Boom Tourist Village near Wanderer’s Stadium, Sharjah with a variety of cultural shows scheduled for the entire day from 10.am onwards.
Prof. S.G. Sidharamayya, who was the president of Karnataka Government Books Committee for the year 2005-08 and also served as the Principal of Shri. Sidhaganga College, Tumkur and some other Colleges in Karnataka has agreed to grace the occasion as the President of 12th Vishwa Kannada Sanskrithi Sammelana at Sharjah.
Prof. Sidharamayya who served as a writer, poet and dramatist from several years now has been bestowed with ‘PuThiNa’ Kavya Prashasthi, ‘Rashtrakavi G.S. Shivarudrappa’ Kavya Prashasthi, ‘Maasthi’ Kavya Prashasthi, Karnataka Sahithya Academy Prizes and Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasthi for his great works in Kannada.
Praveen Kumar Shetty to be bestowed with prestigious ‘Mayura Award’
Karnataka Sangha Sharjah, every year, identifies an outstanding Kannadiga in UAE and felicitates the person with the prestigious “Mayura Award” during its annual day celebration. This year Karnataka Sangha Sharjah is proud to announce that the 2015 – 2016 Mayura Award will be bestowed upon Praveen Kumar Shetty, Director, Fortune Group Of Hotels for his contribution to the society.
Various other programmes
On the Literary front there will be Kavi Goshti, Hasya Goshti, Madhyama Goshti, Meet for Kanandigas residing abroad as planned. On the cultural front there will be Bharatanatyam, Folk dances, Yakshagana, Mimicry and dance dramas. Further, there will be an exhibition, Book fair, stalls will be arranged outside the venue.
Under the Presidentship of Manjunath Sagar, Vishwa Kannada Sanskrithi Sammelan Samithi ‘Hridayavahini’ Karnataka has been hosting these programmes in different parts of the world for over 12 years with the association of various Kannada Sanghas in those places, mostly in the months of November/December every year. This started from Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha and then Singapore, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, Kenya, Canada and now in Sharjah for the 12th annual celebrations.
Prestgious Awards
With pride, those Kannadigas who have contributed greatly for Kannada will be honoured with the ‘Vishwa Manava’ Prashashti (Global Man Award), ‘Vishwa Kannada Sammelana’ Prashashti (World Kannada Convention Award) & ‘Karnataka Hirimey’ Prashashti (Pride of Karnataka Award) at the venue during the convention.
Sammelans
There will be various sammelans during the convention comprising of ‘Hanigavana Goshti’, headed by B.R. Lakshman who along with the invited Poets from India and UAE will conduct the sammelan. The participants include Irshad Moodabidri from Dubai, Arati Ghatikar from Dubai, Bindiganavile Bhagwan from Bangalore, Priya Harish from Mangalore & Yaqub Khader from Gulwadi.
The ‘Kavi Goshti’ will be presided over by Prof. M.B. Kudari Gokak from Belgaum and participation by Prabha Suvarna from Mumbai, Prakash Rao Payyar from Dubai, Gopinath Rao from UAE, Eranna Moolimane from Dubai & Manohar Melmane from Sirsi.
The ‘Anivasi Kannadigaru and Madhyama Goshti’ will be presided by Sarvotham Shetty from Abu Dhabi, with the participation of Raj Kumar from Bahrain, B.V. Nagaraj from Canada, Dr. C.K. Anchan from Muscat and Veerendra Babu from Dubai.
Valedictory
TV9 artistes will present ‘Halli Katte’ comedy skit while group dancers from various places of Karnataka will arrive and present group dances, dance dramas, music, mimicry, comedy skits etc. during the convention.
The formal stage programme will be in the evening with all the Guests participating with honours and felicitations.
Free Entry and Free Lunch for all Kanndigas
President of Sharjah Karnataka Sangha and President of Vishwa Kannada Sammelana have announced free entry and lunch for all those Kannadigas of UAE and have invited them to come in large numbers along with their family and friends to make this event a memorable one.