Dubai : To mark the 22nd anniversary of Devadiga’s Dubai (UAE) , they are all set to to present a unique musical nite with grand comedy and dance show titled ‘Sandalwood to Bollywood’ at the Sheikh Rashid Auditorium, Indian High School, Dubai on September 12, Friday at 5.30 pm in association with Acme Building Materials Trdg llc.
Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha president Sarvottham Shetty, businessman Sathish Venkataramana, Anand Devadiga and Sharjah Karnataka Sangha president Shantharam Acharya released the event ticket in the presence of Harish Sherigar at a formal function held at Fortune Plaza Dubai on Friday 22nd August.
Speaking on the occasion, Sarvottham Shetty said that the event has been organized with a noble objective – to raise an education fund for financially needy children in India under the leadership of renowned entrepreneur and established singer Harish Sherigar of Acme Building Materials. He also said that the Sangha is organizing such an entertainment event to help the poor students and such great work by Harish Sherigar and Devadiga Sangha’s is appreciated by the people all over. Apart from being a successful entrepreneur, Sherigar is also an established singer too and indulged himself in helping the poor beneficiary students in one or the other way. This shows his concern towards the society and community, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Harish Sherigar said that most of the time, poor students, who excel in education get deprived of the education due to poverty and remain poor throughout the life. Hence, helping such students will help them and their family to lead a good life. The event has been organized with an aim to help poor and this satisfies me, he said.
Sherigar also said that till date Devadiga Sangha was providing financial assistance to the poor from Devadiga Community, but further Sangha plans to extend their scholarship to students from other communities too, irrespective of caste and religion and the event ‘Sandalwood to Bollywood’ is the primary step in this direction.
“The fund collected through this event will be distributed among the poor students from all the castes and religion”, he said. He also urged various pro Kannada organization to extend their support to this cause and make the event successful.
Dinesh Devadiga of Devadiga’s Dubai, welcomed the guests and said that, Devadiga Sangha has always engaged itself in organizing programmes for a good cause. He said, “Sherigar who has been the president for the past four years of the Sangha has increased the amount of scholarship to Rs 6 Lakhs per year and we distributed the total amount of Rs 24 lakhs from fast 4 years”.
After the formal function, singers like Vijay Satya Bhat, Akshatha Rao, Harish Sherigar, Prashanth Acharya, Sunil Devadiga and others enthralled the audience with musical numbers.
The function concluded with a sumptuous lunch.
