Fifty-four-year-old Meese Eregowda is the talk of the town after he ate a mind-boggling three kg of ragi balls, which are also called ragi mudde. It is to be swallowed along with Nati Koli Saaru (country chicken rasam).
Ragi mudde, meaning ‘lump’ (flour) is a wholesome meal in Karnataka and the Rayalaseema region in Andhra Pradesh.
Eregowda won a trophy along with Rs 5000 prize money at a competition held at Mangala village of Mandya district in Karnataka. The event was held at Anjaneya Swamy temple premises.
Eregowda has won this competition for ninth time.
Eregowda – from Arakere village of Srirangapatna in Karnataka – swallowed six ragi balls (three kg in total) in 20 minutes and was declared winner, while Suresh who ate 2.75 kg (5.75 balls) was declared runner up and got Rs 3000. Ramamurthy ate 2.5 kg and got Rs 2000 as prize. Nandish, Karasawadi Shankaregowda, HD Yogesh, Nagesh each ate five ragi balls and got Rs 1000 each.
Sixty-five people participated in this district-level Ragi ball eating competition, where the lone woman competitor Jayamma of Siddakalehalla ate two ragi balls.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News> Bangalore News / by Channamade Gowda / Vijaya Karnataka / July 02nd, 2018
A Junior Commissioned Officer from the Madras Engineering Group (MEG) Bengaluru has qualified for the Wimbledon Main Draw.
By qualifying for the Wimbledon Main Draw, Naib Subedar Sriram Balaji has become the first player from the services to do so.
Balaji’s partnership with Vishnu Vardhan qualified for the main draw after a win over Denys Molchanov and Igor Zelenay in the second round of the Wimbledon qualifiers.
“Naib Subedar Sriram Balaji has qualified for the Wimbledon Main Draw. First in the history of Services, player to qualify and reach this level,” tweeted the Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADG PI)-Indian Army
Balaji started his career in tennis in the year 2000 when he was 10 years old and ranked 1st in India in under 12 categories in the year 2002.
He joined Madras Sappers in February 2017 and till date he has won five ATP Challengers Cup.
In May, the Balaji Vishnu Vardhan pair won the Doubles title in Challenger ATP men’s tournament held tournament held at Samarkand, Uzbekistan, defeating Mikhail Elgin of Russia and Denis Istomin of Kazakistan. With that, the duo has qualified for Wimbledon Men’s Doubles. They are the only Indian pair to take part in this Wimbledon.
His present world ranking is 117.
Last year in April, he won the Davis Cup match in doubles category, defeating Uzbekistan.
The MEG personnel also known as Madras Sappers have a rich sporting tradition. Over the years, MEG has had many Olympians and sportsmen.
source: http://www.bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> Bangalore> Others / by Bangalore Mirror Bureau / June 20th, 2018
Back from setting a new Asian record at the Para Swimming World Series 2018 in Berlin, Bengaluru lad and para swimmer Niranjan Mukundan feels extremely blessed to be born in the city that has ample facilities for swimmers. In an exclusive chat with Bangalore Times, he talks about his love for the city, on changing people’s mindset and preparing for the Asian Games…
On breaking a 15-year Asian record
Niranjan, who has been recovering from a spate of injuries, is all smiles when he talks about setting a new record. The swimmer recently broke a 15-year Asian record in the 200-metre backstroke category. “It’s a really nice feeling and a bit of a surprise actually, because I was down with a lot of injuries last year and was recovering. This record has been a memorable experience for me as I beat a lot of European swimmers and some of the top swimmers from across the globe. It has given me a lot of confidence,” says the 23-year-old, adding, “It’s special because I also won a bronze in my favourite event — the 50-metre butterfly category.”
On breaking stereotypes about para athletes
Niranjan says that being a para swimmer has never been an easy task. “People initially thought that being a para swimmer wouldn’t do me any good. They always thought that we are not on par with other able-bodied athletes. But, I believe and hope that I’ve broken that stereotype. Individuals who are into para sports have broken that thought process by winning several medals regularly,” he says.On asking what changes he would like to bring into the system in order to support other para athletes, he says, “People usually think that being a differently abled person, you won’t be able to achieve anything but look at other para athletes. They have achieved so much with very less support from others.” The swimmer says that though people are more inclined to sports like cricket, the mindset is slowly changing now. “Over the years, we have seen many sports come up and many athletes win medals for the country. However, a little bit more support will do wonders for people like us,” he adds.
Bengaluru has one of the best facilities for athletes in the country
Bengaluru, according to Niranjan, has top-notch facilities for swimmers and some of the best coaches in the country. “The city is known as a swimmers’ hub and people from all across the country come to Bengaluru to train as we have the best facilities, in addition to the good weather and infrastructure, that favours them,” he says. However, his love for Bengaluru doesn’t stop there, says the self-confessed movie buff. “I am a complete foodie and a movie buff. Though I follow a strict diet, whenever I find time and I’m in Bengaluru, I like to hang out with my friends. MG Road, Indiranagar, Koramangala are some of my favourite places to hang out in the city,” he adds.
Preparing for Asian Games
Next on his mind is the Asian Games, scheduled to be held in August-September. “Though I’m training and preparing for the Asian Games now, my ultimate goal is to qualify for the Paralympics in 2020 and win a medal there,” he sums up.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News> Bangalore News / by Sandra Marina Fernandes / TNN / June 28th, 2018
The Master Swimming Relay team comprised six male and two female nation-level swimmers
Age and the choppy, cold waters are no deterrents for 72-year-old Gopal Rao, who lead a team of eight swimmers across the English Channel between France and Britain earlier this month.
He was part of the Master Swimming Relay team, comprising six male and two female nation-level swimmers from Bengaluru, which crossed the 36 km long channel in under 15 hours.
While the youngest in the team is aged 35 years, Mr. Rao was the oldest participant. “We were selected by our coach Satish Kumar, who is secretary of the Karnataka Swimming Academy,” he said.
Mr. Rao is the secretary of Sadashivnagar Swimming Club.
Preparation for the feat took nearly six months, spanning sessions in Goa and Mangaluru. However, the warmer tropical waters did little to prepare them for the frigid conditions of the English channel.
“It was very tough in France. Heavy tides made swimming difficult. And, the water was freezing cold,” said Mr. Rao.
Relay swimming sees one person swimming for an hour before another person from the team takes over. The rest of the team and support staff travelled by boat next to the swimmer. The team started at 6 a.m.
They achieved the feat in 14 hours and 52 minutes, and had enough energy to participate in the world Yoga Day celebrations in London the next day.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Staff Reporter / June 26th, 2018
Amreen Taj, Vishnu R., Sandeep Akash P., Anitha Raju (trainer) and Manasa Yadav K. will be taking part in the Football for Hope Festival 2018 in Russia.
Four children from underprivileged communities have been selected to participate in the FIFA Football Fest
When 16-year-old Sandeep Akash, a resident of Byatarayanapura, told his mother that he had been selected to travel to Russia to play football and watch the FIFA World Cup, his mother dismissed it as a tall tale. She asked him not waste her time with silly jokes. It was only after his trainer called and assured his parents that their son had been selected to play football in Russia were they convinced.
Sandeep will be travelling to Russia along with three other teenagers — Amreen Taj, Manasa Yadav K. and Vishnu R. — to take part in the ‘Football For Hope Festival 2018’, an official event of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
He is the first person in his family to be travelling abroad. His father, a painter by profession, encouraged him to pursue his interest in sports, but never thought that his son’s hobby would turn out to be this eventful.
The festival brings together children from various communities across the world, with a focus on social development. Around 48 teams will be participating in the programme from June 25 to July 5. Children will get to play football with their peers from various countries and will also attend leadership programmes. They will also get to watch one of the ongoing World Cup matches.
Sandeep and his friends, who were part of the NGO Dream A Dream’s after-school life skills programme, were chosen as delegates. They are the first in their families to get the opportunity to travel abroad. While Amreen and Vishnu’s fathers work as mechanics, Manasa’s father works as a driver.
The NGO is one of the two organisations selected from India by FIFA to take part in the event.
“We selected children with great potential who lacked avenues to exhibit their capabilities. We have been helping them work on their nutrition and fitness after the selection was done. For the last four months, the children have been practising for at least three hours every day, making time for football in their school schedule,” said Anitha Raju, trainer for the children and employee of Dream A Dream. These four children were shortlisted from 2,200 candidates across 28 schools in the city.
To play football was a big step for Amreen. “Usually, girls are not encouraged to take up a sport like football. Initially, everyone was sceptical. But after watching me, my brother and sister are very proud of me. I want to help more girls in my community take up this sport,” she said.
According to Sucheta Bhat, CEO of Dream A Dream, the football match that the children will be playing will have a set of unconventional rules (which the children themselves will come up with), with the primary aim of building leadership and cooperation. “This is the second consecutive time that our organisation has been selected,” she said.
All the four children said they want to pursue football training as a career and help more children from local communities realise their potential.
“It’s not only about the game. I have benefited by improving my communication skills and overall discipline,” said Vishnu.
Manasa said that she has gained focus in life. “Earlier, I used to be lazy. I see a huge transformation in myself. I want to pass on the benefit to more youngsters,” she said.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / June 20th, 2018
Since 1948, when SA Basheer played at the London Olympics, the city has produced some of India’s most distinguished players.
Arumainayagam (L), seen here with Brazillian football legend Pele (R) in September of 1977.
In other human trades, decline comes with old age, but a soccer player can be old at thirty. Muscles tire early: “That guy couldn’t score if the field were on a slope.” “Him? Not even if they tied the keeper’s hands.”
Or before thirty if the ball knocks him out, or bad luck tears a muscle, or a kick breaks a bone and it can’t be fixed.
And one rotten day the player discovers he has bet his life on a single card and his money is gone and so is his fame.
Fame, that fleeting lady, did not even leave him a Dear John letter – An excerpt from Eduardo Galeano’s ‘Soccer in Sun and Shadows.’
Since 1948, when SA Basheer played at the London Olympics, the city has produced some of India’s most distinguished players.
Arumainayagam aka Baby Taxi
Memories, recorded in old sepia photographs, surround the small coffee table around us. The old man’s smile widens as he points to one.
“There were only a few yards between us but it felt like an eternity.
“There were only a few yards between us but it felt like an eternity. My friend asked me to hurry up. We made our way through the sea of people. We gifted him some sarees for his wife and asked him to pose for a photograph. And that’s how I got this picture with Pele,” says Arumainayagam, one of Bengaluru’s football heroes.
My attention now wanders to the other photos. There is one with Raj Kumar, the actor, another with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and yet another with Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, India’s first vice president. He points to the last one.
Arumainayagam receiving the Durand cup from Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, India’s first vice president and second president.
“Mohun Bagan had just won the Durand Cup back to back, three years in a row, and he was there again for the prize distribution ceremony, at the third oldest football competition in the world. ‘Arumainayagam, is that you?’ he asked. I couldn’t believe it. He remembered my name,” he says.
Arumainayagam in blazer and tie on the extreme right. The photo was taken at a party with Cosmos Team players from the USA when they played with Mohun Bagan team at Calcutta in 1977. Mr Pele also played the match and joined the party later. Mr Muthuraman, film actor third from the left is also seen. The match was played on 24th September 1977 at Eden Garden, Calcutta. The result was 2-2
Arumainayagam, aka Baby Taxi—a nickname given to him due to his small size but incredible speed—is one of Bengaluru’s most accomplished footballers.
Arumainayagam being honoured in Calcutta by Mamata Banerjee for his career in India’s oldest and most successful club, Mohun Bagan. Arumainayagam is seen here with actor Raj Kumar and his family.Arumainayagam is seen here with actor Raj Kumar and his family.
A recent picture of local footballer Arumainayagam (78).
Having played for India’s most accomplished and oldest football club Mohun Bagan for eight years and represented India during the golden era of football in the 1960s, Baby Taxi, now 78, is grateful for his fortunes. But not everyone is as lucky as Arumainayagam.
Mohan Kumar, hero now guard
Take Mohan Kumar. If you stroll across Mount Carmel College, chances are you will see him, albeit in a new kit.
With no field, opponents, no referee, no fans, no goalposts and no ball, he stands around as a security guard.
Unfazed by the ravages of time, he says: ‘I don’t look at [my job] as something beneath my dignity. It’s still a job and I enjoy it.’
Yes, it is the same Mohan Kumar, the same mighty defender of ITI who reached the Stafford Cup final in 1980 and represented India at international tournaments in Malaysia, Afghanistan and South Korea in the mid-1970s.
A year after articles in local paper wrote about Mohan, he says not much has changed in his life but he did get some recognition.
“I was invited for a local football tournament as a chief guest and about a month ago I got offers to coach football academies in Kerala and Goa but I declined. I am 68 years old and I can’t leave my family.
I am 68 years old and I can’t leave my family. I am happy working in the college and my salary is sufficient. I would like to coach football in the city but I’m not getting any offers like that.”
Mohan Kumar (68), a footballer who played for India internationally and is now working as a security guard at Mount Carmel College (PU), seen here wearing the kit of his former team, ITI.
S A Basheer, who started it in 1948
One of the oldest Olympians from the city, SA Basheer, was part of the 1948 London Olympic squad and the next Olympics in Helsinki. He may have been the inspiration for the footballing culture in the area.
S A Basheer, a footballer from Gowthampura area near Halsuru in Bengaluru who represented India at the 1948 Olympics in London and the 1952 Olympics in Helskini seen here in an undated photo.
Arumainayagam remembers standing at the sidelines of the Gowthampura field at the age of 10 to watch the seniors play. He remembers glancing at Basheer’s silverware on display and cites it as inspiration.
Today, walking around the streets of Gowthampura, you may stumble on a pink house with the five Olympic ring symbols carved on it. But inside, the surviving family of Basheer, Abdul Saleem, his adopted son and Akhila Begum, Basheer’s widow, Basheer’s widow, bemoan his forgotten legacy.
“My father died of a heart attack in 1987, when I was an upcoming footballer in Class 10. I played football for Reserve Bank of India and Karnataka State police during 1989-1991 and was promised a permanent job but did not get in through sports quota sports quota as the SC/ST quota had filled up the available positions; I came under the general category. As I was the only breadwinner, I quit football and moved to Saudi Arabia for work in 1994,” explains Salim, who has just travelled back for Eid with his family .
“We aren’t starving but the truth is that we got nothing. No pension, no tribute, no remembrance. Basheer baba was the light and joy of this neighbourhood and commanded immense respect from everyone,” says Saleem.
S A Basheer’s son, Abdul Saleem.
Basheer was called to play for clubs in Goa and Kolkata but remained in Bengaluru.
“He coached at the local maidan and HAL for free, even after retirement. My grandfather played for Bengaluru Mars Club but we got nothing from there either.
I still pay for a membership because I want our family to remain attached to it,” said a teary-eyed Salim.
City has produced 12 Olympians in football
Six of the historic 1948 barefoot squad in the London Olympics were from this city. In all, 12 Olympians have emerged in football from Bengaluru.
The city has regularly produced international stars. During the 1970s, football was nurtured by public sector industries like CIL, ITI, HAL and LRDE (Electronics and Radar Development Establishment).
They recruited and promoted talent and also provided job security.
With the advent of information and technology companies, the former glory of native and local footballers has largely been forgotten. A new breed of fans has emerged with the founding of the Bengaluru Football Club in 2013.
Glory of Gowthamapura,‘mini Brazil’ in Bengaluru
Three and half billion people, or half the planet’s population, is expected to tune in to watch the ongoing World Cup.
No doubt, many fans will throng the city’s pubs to catch the screenings. But at least a hundred of them, aware of Bengaluru’s old and new heroes, live in an area near Halasuru called Gowthampura.
Also known as Bengaluru’s mini Brazil, Gowthampura’s original name is Gun Troops. As you walk past the 515 Army Base Workshop and the Harris Barrick Officers’ Colony, it’s easy to spot the connection.
“In Gowthampura, every womb has a footballer inside it. Our area has produced hundreds of footballers that have competed at various levels of the game,” says Prashant Kalinga, 20, training with the BFC.
Children with unique mohawk haircuts, grown men going about their day in football kits are some obvious signs as you enter the area. But a Pele statue, selected, funded and installed by a committee of retired sports people and unveiled in the presence of India’s footballing legends Bhaichung Bhutia and I M Vijayan in 2001, is the biggest telltale sign.
A recent addition to the Pele statue, which stands alongside statues of Mother Teresa and B R Ambedkar, is a cenotaph dedicated to the memory of local football hero D Venkatesh, who collapsed and died on the field in 2012.
The area was referred to as ‘mini-Brazil’ even before the statue was installed.
Pele, the man with a thousand songs behind him, a man whose fandom once caused a temporary truce between Nigeria and Biafra, seems like a natural hero here. He had hailed from a far-off village and gone on to conquer the world of football.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Metrolife> Metrolife on the Move / by Pranshu Rathee, Bengaluru, DH News Service / June 17th, 2018
The team comprised four women from Bengaluru and one from Pune. | Photo Credit: Handout E Mail
It is one of the most treacherous extreme terrain routes in the Himalayas
When it comes to negotiating extreme roads of the Greater Himalayas, Bengaluru’s Nidhi Tiwari, founder of Women Beyond Boundaries (WBB), has yet again made it to the mountain range. Nidhi recently led a crew of five women drivers on a daunting expedition to Upper Mustang in northern Nepal. They drove for 13 days from Delhi to Lo Manthang and back, covering 3,000 km.
“We have now become the first crew of women drivers to reach Lo Manthang, the erstwhile capital of the kingdom of Lo,” said Nidhi.
Desolate and rarely accessed, the road to Lo Manthang is considered to be among the top three extreme terrain roads in the Himalayan belt. The 36-year-old mother of two, an outdoor educator and adventure lover, was born in Dharwad and raised in Bengaluru. “I heard the northern Nepal terrain was challenging. That’s how we had the temerity to choose something that poses a challenge to all of us. If you have a nose to drive, love to be part of driving expeditions and a strong mind to take up challenges, this is what you should do,” she added.
With an average elevation of over 12,000 feet, the area hosts two of the higher peaks in the Greater Himalayas that stand above 8,000 metres – the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna.
“We drove from Delhi and entered Nepal via Gorakhpur, and reached Pokhara in two days. From there started the off-road section into the Mustang valley. The section from Muktinath to Lo Manthang is ambitious, located just 50 km short of the Chinese border, and offers some breathtaking views,” she said.
The other participants on this drive were Bengaluru-based Rashmi Gururaja Koppar, an academician; Suneeti Sudame, an IT professional from Pune; physiotherapist Soumya Goyal and e-commerce professional Deepa Krishnan, both from Bengaluru.
“The learning curve was simply incredible, as Mustang is famous, or rather infamous, for its non-existent and challenging roads, punctuated by numerous streams,” adds Nidhi.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Ranjani Govind / June 09th, 2018
Sunil Chhetri, Manohar Bhat (Head – sales & marketing, Kia Motors India), Nathania John K., and Rishi Tej.
Ten-year-old Rishi Tej of Karnataka and 11-year-old Nathania John K. of Tamil Nadu will be two of the Official Match Ball Carriers (OMBC) at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia.
One of them will carry the match ball during the Belgium vs Panama game while the other will get a chance to get onto the pitch before the Brazil vs Costa Rica match.
India captain Sunil Chhetri conducted the trials — as part of the Kia Official Match Ball Carrier (OMBC) programme — in Gurugram last month.
As many as 1600 children participated in the programme, with 50 short-listed for the final selections.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport> Football / by PTI / New Delhi – June 11th, 2018
Racing bull: A Hori Habba enthusiast displays a Hallikar sporting breed at Tadasanahalli, in Shikaripur taluk. | Photo Credit: Vaidya
Drought-hit farmers rescued by the popularity of their bulls in Tamil Nadu
Vishnuvardhan, Sudeep, Darshan Thoogudeepa, Yash, and Duniya Vijay are not only popular Kannada film stars – all of them are also sturdy bulls from Karnataka that are taking Tamil Nadu’s Jallikattu by storm, with some of them selling for as much as ₹12 lakh, and earning their breeders a neat profit.
The bulls, reared and trained in the semi-arid Shikaripur taluk of Shivamogga district, have acquired a reputation for agility, speed and sturdiness. They are in great demand in Tamil Nadufollowing the resumption of Jallikattu in the State.
Shikaripur’s racing bulls are fetching almost double the money the farmers invested on purchasing the calf, and rearing and training it.
Trained for local sport
The bulls get trained in the local bull-catching sport, ‘Hori Habba.’ In Shikaripur taluk alone, more than 120 Hori Habba events are held between Deepavali and Sankranthi. The sport involves making bulls of the ‘Amruth Mahal’ and ‘Hallikar’ breeds run in the ring. Whoever succeeds in catching or taming them wins. Mr. Kumaranna, a farmer from Gandhi Nagar village of Shikaripur said that it costs him around ₹12,000 a month to keep the bull fighting fit. Four years ago, he bought a six-month old male Hallikar calf for ₹50,000. Recently, he sold it to a Jallikattu enthusiast from Tamil Nadu’s Vellore district for ₹12 lakh. Another bull reared by Zakir Saab in Narasapura was sold to a buyer from Alanganallur in Madurai district for ₹11 lakh.
Nandan Sommananavar, who is doing research on Hori Habba in Kuvempu University said that in the past six months enthusiasts from Tamil Nadu bought more than 60 bulls from Shikaripur. The bulls are typically named after Kannada films (Mylari, Raja Huli, Tagaru, Hathavadi, Saarathi) and film stars.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National / by Veerandra P.M. / Shivamogga – June 08th, 2018
Chasing the thrill: The all-woman team of trekkers on the expedition to Mount Baradasar Pass in the Himalayas.
27 women from Karnataka trekked to Mount Baradasar Pass in a fortnight
They had heard exciting tales of trekking in the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas, but were apprehensive whether they could embark upon one such expedition in view of the freezing temperatures and alien terrain.
But, a total of 27 women from different parts of Karnataka successfully pulled it off by completing a trekking expedition to Mount Baradasar Pass in the Himalayas recently.
Adventuregroups Tiger Adventure Foundation (TAF) and Mountain Goat organised a trekking expedition to the Himalayas exclusively for women. During the fortnight-long expedition, the women – between 13 and 65 years of age – passed through various camps in the Himalayas before reaching the summit of Mount Baradasar Pass situated at a height of 14,500 ft on the border of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
TAF’s D.S.D. Solanki, an adventure enthusiast, who has been organising trekking expeditions for more than two decades, said the recent expedition to Baradasar Pass by women was the first of its kind in the adventure history of Karnataka. After undergoing endurance training for three weeks, the trekkers – hailing from Shivamogga, Madikeri, Hassan, Chickaballapur, Mysuru and Bengaluru – assembled in Mysuru and left for the expedition on April 17. They reached Dehradun on April 20, where acclimatisation and orientation programmes were held at the Sankri base camp.
For Anitha Arunakshi, a housewife, who had only seen hailstones accompany rains in Mysuru, the huge hailstorm that rocked Dhal Dhal Ridge camp during the expedition was an experience of a lifetime. The entire camp site turned white after the hailstorm, she said. In Devabasa camp, the trekkers experienced large amount of snowfall, submerging them in knee-deep snow. “With snow all around, it was bliss,” said Pratibha Garla, a dentist from Mysuru.
The trekkers reached the summit of Baradasar Pass on April 26 at 10.38 a.m. and hoisted the national tricolour. They spent a few minutes on the peak enjoying breathtaking visuals of different mountain peaks, besides the valleys.
The team returned to Mysuru on May 2.
Suma Mahesh, past president, Inner Wheel Club, MysoreCentral, said she was able to complete the expedition and experience the thrill of trekking after overcoming her initial apprehensions.
Riya Solanki, 13, who recently trekked to the Everest Base camp situated at a height of 17,590 ft, was another member of the camp.
Before embarking on the expedition, the trekkers, whose team was named ‘Nari Shakti’, took part in Josh Run and took out an awareness rally on voting rights in Mysuru.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Mysuru – June 06th, 2018
