Mangalore, March 26 : The Dakshina Kannada Body Builders Association will be organizing a District Level “ Mr Dakshina Kannada” body building championship, 2011-12 at Town Hall on Thursday at 4.30 p.m.
The winner of the title will receive Rs 5,000 as cash prize. This was announced at a press meet by K Ashok Shetty, president of the Body Builders Association, Dilip Kumar, secretary, and Arthur D Souza- vice-president on Monday
For the benefit of the younger generation and to maintain a healthy mind Appaji Nayak and Nagar Narayan Shenoy have begun this organization and nearly 20 gymnasiums being run by them and they have nearly 200 members, the organisers informed.
The mayor of Mangalore City Gulzar Banu will inaugurate the competition on March 29. Chief guests of the program will be Principal of SDM College Dr K Devraj, Dr K Ganashyam Kamath, Arun Prakash Shetty, B Padmanabha and Madan Das Vaishnav. For the closing ceremony CEO of DK Zilla Panchayath Dr Vijay Prakash, Sunil Achar and Ravindra Nikam will be the guests of honour.
Since body building championship is an international level sport it has to be encouraged in DK district as well, the organisers said.
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