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Basaveshwara Jayanti celebrations on Sunday

Staff Correspondent

District administration plans several programmes for the occasion

Belgaum: The district administration, the Department of Kannada and Culture and Jagatjyoti Sri Basaveshwar Jayanti Utsav Samithi will celebrate Basaveshwara Jayanti in a grand manner on April 30.

The objective behind organising the celebrations is to propagate the social and cultural values as preached by the twelfth century reformer against caste and religious based discrimination and universal faith in "Work is Worship."

The celebrations will commence with garlanding of the Basaveshwara at Basaveshwar Circle at Goaves. Lok Sabha member Suresh Angadi and other dignitaries will offer floral tributes at 8 a.m., which will be followed by inauguration of grand procession from Lingaraj College on College Road. Deputy Chairman of Legislative Council Sachidanand Khot will inaugurate the procession.

In the evening, Social Welfare Minister Balachandar Jarkiholi will inaugurate cultural programme at Lingayat Bhavan in Shivabasavanagar. Ramesh L. Kudachi, MLA, will preside over the function. A lecture will also be delivered by C.K.S. Navalgi and Nirmala Prakash will recite Basaveshwara's Vachanas.

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