Dubai: Namma Kundapura Kannada Balaga (NKKB), Dubai celebrated the Vishwa Kundapura Kannada Dina on the day of Karnataka Amavasya, August 1. The event was celebrated at the Fortune Plaza Ghusais at 7.30 PM.
Praveen Shetty Vakwady, patron of the NKKB and Chairman and MD of the Fortune Group of Hotels in Dubai took the initiative to celebrate the event.
This is for the first time that the Vishwa Kundapura Kannada Dina has been celebrated in India and abroad on a new moon day and will be continued henceforth. In the Kundapura dialect, it is called ‘Asadi Amasi”
The programmed was inaugurated by the guests on the dais by lighting a lamp, after which a prayer song was sung by Ramachandra Bedradka.
Addressing the gathering, Praveen Shetty stressed the need a great day such as this to strengthen the culture, language and tradition of Kundapura.
Dinesh Devadiga, MD Elegant Group Dubai, stated that they would celebrate VKKD every year as it creates a strong bond among everyone, irrespective of religion.
Suresh Kanchikan, a member of the gathering said that it is necessary to teach the Kundapura dialect to their children as nowadays, they speak other languages and not their mother tongue.
Members of the audience were then asked to speak a few words in the Kundapura dialect and also some proverbs unique to the Kundapura region.
Tea and snacks were sponsored by the Fortune Plaza Hotel, Ghusais.
Nithyananda Beskoor compered the programme and welcomed the gathering. Laxminarayan Shetty delivered a vote of thanks.
Praveen Shetty Vakwady, Dinesh Devadiga vice president, Sudhakar Poojary secretary and Sujith Kumar Shetty Hiliyana treasurer were also present.
