Mangalore, February 14: The second edition of Bhoothanatheshwara Kreedotsava will be held on February 17 and 18 in the fields adjacent to Shasthavu Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Temple, Badaga Yedapadav, Mijar near here.
Vijayanath Vittal Shetty, the chief organizer of the rural sports meet being conducted by the Temple, said that the much awaited event had evoked very good response from the village sports enthusiasts of coastal Karnataka with more than 2500 entries. The number of participants is expected to cross 4000, he said, recalling that the same event had drawn 1800 participants last year.
He said that Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has consented to inaugurate the event on February 17 at 7:30 am.
There will also be entertainment programmes after 7:30 pm, with magic show by mega Magic star Kudroli Ganesh on February 18 and music concert by the famous singer Raghu Dixit on February 19. Other celebrities attending the event are hockey legend Dhanraj Pillai and film stars Shivadwaj, Pakhi Hegde on February 17, Ramya Barna on February 18 and Diganth and Aindrita Ray on February 19, he said.
“We are thrilled by the unprecedented response which has far exceeded last year's record”, said Mr Shetty. After the success of the Kreedotsava last year , organizers have included many more games to reach out to more number of village people. This year there will be competitions in 40 games spanning 64 categories. Prize money aggregates to over Rs 9 lakhs with gold, silver and bronze medals.
Gandhiji's vision and initiative has resulted in organizing the village sports events such as Kreedotsava, Halli Kabaddi, Halli Cricket and Halli marathon with community development activities like children's camp, women's camp with great success.
Kesarugadde Ota (Slush field race),Kesarugadde Hagga Jaggata (Tug of war), Kesarugadde Nidhi Shoda, Naisargika Dehardya (Natural Body building)., Cycle Race, Patreyalli Neeru Thumbuvudu (Filling water in vessel), which were popular last year will be continued this year too. This apart interesting new items like Paduke Ota (Caterpillar race), Marakalu Ota, Angai Kalaga(Arm wrestling), Kasarugadde Jana Kambala, Theppangai, Jataka Ota, Kutti Donne, Kothlai Bhandi are added to bring variety into the games, he said.
With the objective of boosting rural community life and to encourage families participation there will also be couples-only games like Pathi Shoda and Jodi Kesarugadde Ota. For children they have drawing competition, tyre race. There is also an exclusive senior citizen categories for many games. Since Animal husbandry is part of village life there will be events like Alankarata Dhana (Best decorated cow), and Ati Sundara Koli(Best looking cock). The organizers have also included Koli Ota, an innovative type of non violent cock race. Other types of rural talents will be tested including rangoli, Mundasu Kattuvudu(turban tying), Beedi rolling , Mudi Katuvudu(Mudi Rice Packing) and Thengina Gari Vinyasa(Coconut leaf design), he added.
He also informed that in line with the theme of village games, dress code has been made compulsory for all players. Male players will have to wear lungi, while female players will have to wear saree or churidhar. Although it is not compulsory for children, they are encouraged to wear traditional dress. In order to foster village identity and encourage villagers to come together with the 'We' feeling, a best village trophy will be given to the village scoring highest number of points based on the wins the villagers have earned in the different sporting events. The trophy comprises of a cup and attractive prize money of Rs 1,00,000 and Rs 50,000.
A special attraction this year is “Manassuda Ullasogu Bodad Enchinala Malpuva”, which is a talent show based on the SONY TV's 'Entertainment Ke liye Kuch Bhi Karega'. This will be staged on February 17 at 7:30 pm with prize money Rs 25,000. Singer Raghu Dixit is famous for popularizing fusion of folk and pop music and has initiated “The Raghu Dixit Project”, which is open house for musicians and artists from different genres to come together , collaborate and create a dynamic sound and expression.
He informed that on all three days, free bus service would be provided from Yedapadavu to Temple from morning and from temple to Yedapadavu, Moodbidri and Mangalore at night after games and functions are over.
For futher details contact Sri Shubash Rao- 9742976886 or Sri Radhakrishna Kotian- 9902965238. This was announced in a press conference by organizers Vijayanath Vittal Shetty, Bhaskar Hegde , Premnath Shetty and Arjun Hegde.
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