Kudroli temple to hold Dasara on grand scale: Panel
Mangaluru, Sep 24: The Dasara Mahotsav is to be celebrated by the century-old Gokarnanatha temple at Kudroli here on a grand scale from September 26 to October 6 this year, temple managing committee president H S Sairam said Saturday.
Addressing a press meet here, daily poojas, including pushpalankara mahapooja,' would be held at the temple. The Bhajana' programme would be from 7 PM to 8 PM, he said.
Devotees would be provided food as part of the 'annadana' programme. Cultural programmes, including Bali Utsav, would be held in the evenings.
Various rituals for the deity would be performed on all the nine days of the celebrations. The Dasara procession would begin at 4 PM on October 5.
The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) would illuminate all the prominent spots in the city during the festival.
Sairam said all the events of the temple would be held under the leadership of temple patron and former Union Minister B Janardhan Poojary. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai would be invited to attend the festival.
Temple committee secretary Madhava Suvarna and treasurer Padmaraj, who were present, said a huge turnout is expected for the festival as it could not be held in the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
