Karnataka - Gulbarga   

Clothes given to poor

Special Correspondent

GULBARGA: For more than 250 families this year's Shankranti, one of the important festivals in the Hindu calendar, promises to be memorable one, as they will not have to celebrate the festival without new clothes.

The Gulbarga District Brahmins' Association to distribute sarees, dhoties, pants and shirts to very poor families.

It was a moving experience for many poor people some of whom were blind when they received new clothes from Deputy Commissioner Pankajkumar Pandey at a function organised here by the association on Saturday.

The association distributes clothes to the poor on Deepavali and has decided to introduce the practice this year for Shankranti.

Association president B.V. Madihalkar, retired chief engineer in the State Government, and general secretary of the association Raghavendrarao Koralli have persuaded philanthropists to donate generously and share the festive spirit.

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