Mangaluru 'dasara' concludes with immersion procession
Mangaluru (PTI): The Mangaluru 'dasara' celebrations of Kudroli Gokarnanatha temple here concluded in the early hours of Thursday with the immersion of the idols of Navadurgas and Goddess Sharada which were installed and worshipped at the temple auditorium for the last nine days.
Tens of thousands of devotees witnessed the magnificent and colourful Shobha yatra which began from the temple premises on Wednesday under the guidance of senior Billawa leader and the rallying force behind the temple renovation B Janardhan Poojary.
The procession featured tastefully decorated vehicles in which the idols of Goddess Sharada, Navadurgas and Lord Ganesha were placed along with many other tableaux including that of Sri Narayana Guru, who consecrated the temple.
The procession passed through Mannagudda, Ladyhill circle, Lalbagh, Ballalbagh, PVS Circle, K S Rao Road, Hampankatta, Ganapathi High School Road and Car Street before returning to the temple.
Teams of Chende and folk artistes and lambani dancers lent added attraction to the Shobha yatra. Bhajans teams and Huli Vesha teams also participated in the Yatre.
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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).
