Karkala: 'Aatiya Aatagalu' brings alive splendour of rural sports
R B Jagadish
Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala (DV)
Karkala, Aug 5: 'Aatiya Aatagalu-2013', a programme which was organized under the limits of Sanoor gram panchayat once again brought to limelight the splendour of Tulunadu traditional sports.
Sanoor Prithvi Yuva Bandaver along with the joint collaboration of Sanoor Annappa Swamy self-help group organized this programme at Shri Kshetra in Dugabettu paddy field.
Vedhamoorthy Ram Bhat priest of Sanoor Shri Kshetra inaugurated the event.
Tulunadu folk art, culture, and sports were depicted in this programme. Games like race in a muddy field, tug-of-war, ‘Bandi Kattu’, ‘Uppumudi’, ‘Kambala’ race, ‘Pallada Ota’, ‘Thappangai’, ‘Girigittiya Ota’, and several other games of Tulunadu were organized. Moreover, many sportsmen of Sanoor took part in this event.
Equipment of Tulunadu, Kambala buffaloes, fighter cocks, betel leaves, and other things were exhibited.
Gram panchayat president Karunakar S Kotian, Sathish Shetty of Sanoor Guthu, Malini Shetty, Madhusudan Rai, Arun D’Silva of Sanoor Prithvi Yuva Bandaver, Annappa Swamy self-help group’s Mahesh, Vishwanath, Savitha, chief of Belvai SKDRP, Haruna, Varija Shedthi, Vasushetty, and Chandrashekar Poojary were present on this occasion.