Mangalore Buddhists hold candle light vigil to mourn Japan quake victims

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March 15, 2011

Mangalore, March 15: The members of Dakshina Kannada District Boudha Maha Sabha got together to observe a candle light vigil in front of Town Hall here on Tuesday night to mourn the deaths caused in Japan by a massive earthquakes and tsunami.

With the candles in hands over 50 Buddhist mourners including children, men and women offered 10 minutes of prayer “Namo Thassa Bhagavatho Arahatho Samma Sambuddhasa...”

Addressing the gathering, SR Laxman, President of Maha Sabha said, “In this hour of catastrophe, the only thing we can do is to express our condolences”

MP Umeshchandra, Shashidhar Jokatte, Vice President, Kanthappa Alangar, General Secretary, Devappa Bodh, Joint Secretary, MV Padmanabha, Harish Ekkar, Narayan Bodh, Bhasker Kavathar and others were present.

Japan's north-eastern coast was battered on Friday by an 8.9 magnitude quake, the largest on record in Japan, and an ensuing tsunami that washed over hundreds of kilometres of coastline, causing widespread destruction claiming more than 10000 lives and rendered over 2.15 lakh homeless.

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Mangaluru: 12,500 healthcare students rally for organ donation and nasha mukth Bharat

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November 29,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 29: Around 12,500 healthcare students from Medical, Dental, AYUSH, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Allied Health Sciences colleges of Dakshina Kannada, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), took part in a massive walkathon to promote awareness on Organ Donation and Nasha Mukth Bharat.

The inaugural ceremony was held at Mangala Stadium. Dr Bhagavan B C, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of RGUHS, delivered the welcome address. The walkathon was flagged off by Shri U T Khader, Hon’ble Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and presided over by Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao, Hon’ble Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Dakshina Kannada District In-charge. Dakshina Kannada MP Shri Brijesh Chowta also addressed the students.

Music director Guru Kiran, MLA Dr Bharat Shetty (Mangalore North), Police Commissioner Shri Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Shri Manjunath Bhandary and Shri Harish Kumar were among those present.

Institution heads including Dr Haji U K Monu (Kanachur Colleges), Dr Shantharam Shetty (Tejaswini College), Dr Bhaskar Shetty (City Group of Colleges), Mr Abdul Rahiman (Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences), and the District Health Officer, Mangalore, also participated.

The vote of thanks was delivered by Prof U T Ifthikar Fareed, Syndicate Member, RGUHS.

The event was organised by Dr U T Ifthikar Ali and Dr Shiva Sharan (Syndicate Members), Prof Vaishali (Senate Member), Prof Mohammad Suhail (Chairman, BOS Physiotherapy), Dr Sharan Shetty (Former Senate Member), along with principals and faculty of various colleges.

Students marched from Mangala Stadium to Karavali Grounds via MCC and Lalbagh signal. The event set a record as one of the largest gatherings of healthcare students for a social cause in the RGUHS Dakshina Kannada Zone.

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