Udupi: Famed Malayalam actor Nivin Pauly  who is in Udupi enjoyed the  fish curry meal served in traditional plantain leaves at the Thimmappa Fish Meals Hotel at Adi Udupi on January 6, Saturday.

Nivin who has several hits in Malayalam and Tamil to his credit is in Udupi  for the shooting  of a new  movie. The actor who had visited the Malpe Beach   had a brief stopover at the Timmappa Fish Meals Hotel along with the 15 member film crew.

The actor enjoyed the  food served on plantain leaves like other customers and relished Anjal and Nang Tava fry.  The actor appreciated the great taste of the  hotel food.

Several of his fans were really surprised to see the  famed actor  have his meals in an ordinary hotel.  The actor also  pleased his fans by posing for selfies with many of them.

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Mandya: Curtains came down the 87th All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in the city on Saturday night, with the Kannada Sahitya Parishad declaring that the next Kannada literature festival will be organized in Ballari district in 2025.

In a meeting held at a private hospital here on Sunday night, representatives of the Kannada Sahitya Parishads of all districts of the state came to a unanimous decision that Ballari would be the venue for the 88th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, giving the border district the privilege of hosting a Kannada literature festival after 66 years.

Some of the representatives suggested Chikkamagaluru and New Delhi too while the matter of venue for the next Sammelana was raised, but the members finalized on Ballari as the district that would host the next literature festival.

The Kannada Sahitya Sammelana was organized in Ballari in the pre-Independence era in the years 1926 and 1938. After Independence, the festival was organized at the Municipal College grounds in the city and presided over by Jnanpith Award-winning Kannada writer VK Gokak.

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