Mangalore, Feb 18: City's Car Street turned colorful as members of the GSB community along with others celebrated Okuli (Holi) in their traditional style on the final day of the annual Car Festival of Venkataramana Temple.
The Car Festival or 'Kodial Teru' came to an end with colorful Okuli celebrations at the temple premises on Monday as children, men and women with a variety of colours smeared on their faces, participated in the celebration with enthusiasm and enjoyed the 'Okuli Habba' by sprinkling coloured water on each other.
Okuli Habba delighted the devotees with high wattage sound systems and tankers splashing chilled water on those dancing in the scorching heat.
The six-day Kodial Theru is the event of the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin community to commemorate the divine union of Lord Venkataramana and Goddess Padmavathi.
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