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School reunion: Old boys look back at happy days
Bengaluru :
They had grown up together on the same campus. And when they returned to their alma mater, St. Germain High School, on Sunday, it was time to soak in memories through the day.
About 600-odd alumni turned up for the annual general meeting of the Old Boys’ Association of St. Germain High School, Promenade Road, Fraser Town.
The day started with a holy mass, followed by hoisting the school flag and singing the anthem. Resolutions were passed and a new alumni team constituted.
After hours of celebrations, the old boys concluded the day with a group photograph.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City News> Bangalore / TNN / September 26th, 2016
Capturing poetry in stone
D.V. Gundappa, a prominent poet of Karnataka, had penned 60 Kannada poems in his book ‘Antahpura Geetegalu’ in 1950 after being mesmerised by the dexterous chisel of the stone sculptures at Belur.
After that poetic attempt, a book, ‘Belu-Halebeedu Shilpakala Saamrajya’, brought out by Kikkeri Publications, Bengaluru, tells tales through the photography of illustrator and photographer Pundalika Kalliganuru.
The pictures in the book are also enhanced with commentaries, verses, and hymns penned by Pramod Nallur and Kalliganuru.
The 400-page book, with around 2,000 pictures, is a compilation of Mr. Kalliganuru’s four years of painstaking effort.
Assisted by other photographers, such as Mahalingu, Deepu, M. Viswanath and Vipin Baliga, the work of the 10th century Hoysala sculptors of the Jakkanachari style comes through splendidly in the book.
“If you see the grandeur of Hoysala architecture you will know that sculptors created more than 1,500 Hoysala temples. Belur and Halebeedu were their signature works. I wanted to showcase them pictorially giving them a huge spread,” says Kalliganuru.
“Amongst the 5,000 pictures clicked in four years, I felt bad that 3,000 could not be accommodated. This speaks of the specifics of detailing in each stone sculpture of Belur and Halebdu,” he adds.
The assortment in the stone art made Kalliganuru present his pictures in 39 chapters with nearly 10 categorisations of the sculptures.
“The carvings are intensely soaked in their explicit details. The only way that I could mirror them was shoot them in both natural sun and in rain where they reflected their true poetry in stone,” says Kalliganuru.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Ranjani Govind / Bengaluru – September 26th, 2016
City Artist Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhat Honoured in USA
Arizona, USA :
The Mayor of the City of Tempe, Arizona, USA, Mark W. Mitchell, has honoured the well-known Mysuru artist Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhat, a visiting artist at the local temple, by declaring September 16, 2016 as Sri Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhat Day in Tempe, Arizona.
This honour is for his two painting masterpieces of Hanumantha and Garuda, two Hindu mythological characters, for the temple in Sri Venkatakrishna Kshetra, Tempe, established by Sri Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji, the 30th pontiff in the lineage of Puthige Matha, Udupi, India.
The proclamation of the Mayor says that his paintings are exhibited in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He is also the first artist to revive the dying ancient Indian art of Ganjifa miniature painting and has done much acclaimed work in the field.
He is also known as a restorer of ancient, heritage paintings and buildings like temples and Palaces. His restoration work of walls and ornate pillars at the Mysore Palace was much appreciated by the connoisseurs and qualified experts.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 19th, 2016
Star this week : Talented Cricketer : J. Suchith
After the exploits of the Indian team which has been doing well in the International scene, many youngsters have taken up cricket as their career. Mysuru has also its share of producing talented cricketers who have gone on to represent the country and on these lines is all-rounder J. Suchith who has gone on to represent the State in the higher level by making his debut in the Ranji Trophy for Karnataka against Assam at Guwahati last season. In the 2016-17, Karnataka Premier League, presently going on at Hubballi, Suchith, representing Mysuru Warriors, has been performing splendidly with the ball and has emerged as the main wicket-taker for his team. In the tie on Saturday against Belagavi Panthers, Suchith came up with an match-winning bowling performance of four for 26 and helped his team bowl out their rivals for 108 runs in reply to their team’s score of 142 in 20 overs. He is currently the highest wicket-taker in the tournament (9 wickets) along with A. Mithun. He is our ‘Star This Week.’
Suchith, who bowls left-arm spinners, impressed with his performance for Mysuru Warriors against Belagavi Panthers and took the crucial wickets of Praveen Dubey (20), C.K. Akshay (0), Sachin Shinde (0) and Anurag Bajpai (3). He ended up with figures of 4-1-26-4 and along with medium-pacer Suraj Yadav (three for 19) helped his team carve out a fine win.
Earlier, Suchith had represented Karnataka in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy South Zone T20 Cricket Tournament at Kochi and had performed well with the bat and ball.
He was also part of the triumphant Karnataka Ranji, Irani Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
He was also part of the IPL Mumbai Indians team for the last two years and impressed everyone with his excellent performances. He also performed well for Mysuru Warriors in the KPL 2015-16 and is currently doing well with the ball in this edition of the KPL 2016-17.
He has played for Karnataka in the one-dayers and has represented the State in the U-16, U-19, U-22 and gave excellent performances.
Suchith learnt his cricket and played for the Mysore Gymkhana in our city. Encouraged by his parents, his coaches and KSCA Mysuru Zone, this lad aims to climb to greater heights in the days to come.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 25th, 2016