'Koridakatta' Kite in France Kite Festival
Artist Dinesh Holla’s sketch chosen for the 4th time
Mangaluru, Sept 03: Team Mangalore has another reason to celebrate as the line art sketch of its member Dinesh Holla has been chosen for the International Dieppe Kite Festival in France to be held from September 8 to 16.
Informing this to media persons here, Team Mangaluru organiser B. Savesh Rao said that the noted artist Dinesh Holla has got the opportunity for the fourth time to design the poster for this international Kite festival.
“The poster prepared for the festival gives a symbolic message that we all are responsible for the global warming and we need to find an alternative which requires saving of water and protection of forests. Though many posters came from many artists from various countries, the organisers have honored Dinesh Holla by choosing his poster this time as well,” he added.
At the invitation of Dieppe city’s Mayor Sadin Adido, the delegation Dinesh Holla and Satish Rao will participate in the Festival as the representatives of India. Team Mangaluru, which represents Indian culture, has previously participated in the International Kite Festival in France, England, Canada, Italy, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, and Qatar and presented Yakshagana, Kathakali, Bharatanatyam, Pushpak Aircraft, Bhootada Kola, Garuda, Gajaraja Kite designs on foreign space.
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Indian-origin man among 4 killed in temple collapse in South Africa
Johannesburg (PTI): A 52-year-old Indian-origin man is among four people killed after a four-storey Hindu temple under construction collapsed in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, officials have said.
The New Ahobilam Temple of Protection, situated on a steep hill in Redcliffe in north of eThekwini (formerly Durban), was being expanded when a section of the building gave way on Friday while workers were on site.
The exact number of workers and temple officials believed to be trapped beneath tonnes of rubble is unknown.
While two people, a construction worker and a devotee, were confirmed dead on Friday, the death toll rose to four on Saturday after rescue teams recovered more bodies.
Of the four deceased, one has been identified as Vickey Jairaj Panday, an executive member of the temple trust and manager of the construction project, local media reported, quoting officials.
Panday had been deeply involved in the development of the temple since its inception nearly two years ago, the reports said.
Sanvir Maharaj, director of Food for Love, a charity affiliated to the temple, also confirmed that Panday was among those who had died.
Rescue workers, who spent two days trying to recover a fifth body that had been located, had to suspend operations on Saturday afternoon due to inclement weather, Reaction Unit South Africa spokesperson Prem Balram told local media.
“At this stage, it cannot be confirmed whether additional individuals remain trapped beneath the rubble,” he said.
The temple was designed to resemble a cave, using rocks brought from India and excavated on site, and the family building the structure had claimed that it would house one of the world's largest deities of Lord Nrsimhadeva.
The eThekwini municipality, in a statement, said no building plans had been approved for the project, suggesting the construction was illegal.
Initial rescue efforts had been guided by cellphone calls from one of the trapped persons, but communications ceased late Friday evening, officials said.
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Thulasizwe Buthelezi visited the site on Saturday and pledged that rescue operations would continue for as long as necessary, even as experts noted that there was little hope of finding more survivors.
Buthelezi expressed gratitude to the combined government and private teams involved in the search and rescue operation, including a special dog unit from the Western Cape.
