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Celebrated:
The
church of Our Lady of health more popularly known as Nityadaar
Mathe church, celebrated its annual feat this week. The
mass was con -celebrated by rev. Fr. Alban D'souza who
was the first parish priest of this church, Fr. Marcel
Saldanha of the Palneer church, Fr. Peter Seraao of the
St. Sebastian Church Thokottu, and Fr. Denis Suares, the
Present parish priest of the church. Thousands of devotees
attended the mass and asked for god's forgiveness and
blessings.
Mahashivarathri
at Kudroli:
Mahashivarathri
was celebrated on the 21st of this month with much pomp
and glamour at the world famous Kudroli Gokarnatheshwara
temple. The kudroli temple is one of the most important
landmarks in Mangalore city, with a rich history spanning
100 years. The various Poojas were witnessed by hordes
of devotees gathered there.
Various
Poojas were held f at the shrine, like the 'Homa' in the
morning, The Maharudrakalasha at noon, followed the shathaseeyalabahishekha
and the mahapooja. Smt. Suma Vasanth, Minister actively
took part in the various rituals. The president of the
managing committee Sri. H.S. Sairam was also present.
The
kudroli Gokarnatheshwara temple is one of its kinds in
Mangalore. It has a serene atmosphere, which puts at ease
all the tensions in the minds of the devotees and fills
them up emotionally and spiritually. It has the ability
to make a believer forget all his worldly pains and sufferings,
in a breath taking surrounding filled with peace and silence.
The temple, which has been illuminated for shivarthri,
provided a breath taking view spreading far and wide the
light of the holy one!
Road
Safety Week:
The
road safety week was inaugurated under the auspices of
the district police and the Mangalore city traffic police
by Sri.Thejomaya President of the Mangalore Urban Development
Authority this Monday at the town hall. It was presided
over by the Inspector General of the western range Sri
Dharampal negi. The District Commissioner Sri. Kapil Mohan,
The SP, Sri. Seemanth Kumar Singh, Additional SP Sri.
S.V. Kishan Prasad, Commissioner of the Mangalore City
Corporation Sri. J. R. Lobo, RTO Sri. Manjunathayya, D.Y.S.P.
Sri. T.C.M. Shareef, Police Circle Inspector Sri. Papayya
and others were also present.
A
training programme on safe driving was also held at the
police club for the drivers. At this programme the drivers
were instructed on the essentials of road safety and safe
driving. At the programme the drivers of the school busses,
public busses, taxis, and auto rickshaw drivers were instructed
upon by the Mangalore ARTO and the senior Motor Vehicle
inspectors. On this occasion the senior Inspector of vehicles
Sri. Philip D'souza, Sri. Keshava Dharani, Sri. Manjunatha.S,
Sri. Thippeswami. B, Traffic police Sri. Papayya, Sri.
Upendra, Sri. Narayan and others were present
On
the third day, a zebra crossing at the lady hill circle
was repainted and rededicated to the society. It was inaugurated
by the PSI of the Mangalore West station Sri. P. NArayan
in the presence of MCC corporators Sri. Padmanabha Amin,
Sri. Shashidhar Hegde, Sri. K. Bhaskar and Police staff
Sri. Sanjiva, Sri. Ravindranath, Sri. Ishwara swami, road
users and MCC officials. In another programme a traffic
controller was installed at the 'Avery' junction at falnir,
which is one of the most accident-prone spots due to the
convergence of 5 roads. The SP. Sri.Seemanth Kumar Singh
laid the foundation stone of the new circle. This was
witnessed by The DYSP Sri.T.C.M. Shareef, Traffic Police
Inspector Sri. Papayya, MCC corporators Smt. Mariamma
Thomas, Sri. Ramachandra Karkera, PSI Sri. Narayan, sri.
Vishwanath, Sri. Chandramohan, Sri. U Ramakrishna, MCC
Engineers Sri. Kamath, Executive Engineer Sri. Narayan,
Police staff and others.
On
the fourth day of the road safety week, students of the
Lady Hill Victoria girls high school, St. Ann's High school
distributed pamphlets containing the rules to be followed
by the drivers to make the roads more safer, and by the
other users of the road as well as flowers to encourage
the drivers to drive in a disciplined manner.
On
the fifth day of the Road safety week, the scouts and
guides of the various schools of Mangalore lent their
hand in controlling the traffic at the various arterial
roads of the city like Wenlock Hospital junction, Hampankatta
Junction, PVS junction, Clock Tower Junction, Lalbagh
Junction and other places. This is one of the most important
measures taken by the DK police, of using traffic controllers
in the form of students / scouts and guides. This programme
not only reduces the pressure on the police force, but
also instills a sense of discipline among the drivers,
for they are being watched by the children on how they
go about following the traffic rules. It also helps in
educating the children on how to use the roads, how to
cross them etc. There was active participation from the
students of Kerala Samajam School, Canara School, Victoria
high school, and St. Mary's school.
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