Special programs to mark 50 years of renaming of Mysore State as K’taka

Shyam Sundar Vattam | NT

Bengaluru: In connection with the completion of 50 years of the renaming of the erstwhile Mysore State as Karnataka, the Department of Kannada and Culture has decided to organise special programmes, said Minister for Kannada and Culture and Backward Classes Welfare Shivraj Tangadagi.

Addressing the pre-budget meeting of the Department here on Friday, he said the State of Mysore was rechristened as Karnataka on October 20, 1973, and is completing 50 years. Officials must prepare and submit suitable plans to hold special programmes depicting Karnataka’s land and culture throughout the year. The Chief Minister would be requested to release additional funds to the Department in the coming budget and also to hold special programmes to coincide with 50 years of the renaming.

All the events would be held on a grand scale. Hold all utsavs as scheduled Tangadagi directed the officials concerned to take up the renovation of Ravindra Kalakshethra in Bengaluru and to hold the sound and light programme at the venue.

Besides, utsavs like Chalukya Utsava, Anegundi Utsava, Lakkundi Utsava, Hampi Utsava, Navarasapura Utsava, Kadamba Utsava, Itagi Utsava and Kanakagiri Utsava, which depict the heritage of Karnataka, must be organised regularly henceforth keeping in mind the convenience of tourists and by strictly adhering to dates.

A schedule must be prepared well in advance to ensure enough time for making necessary arrangements. Janapada Loka The minister asked the officials to prepare a plan of action for the establishment of Janapada Loka in the Kittur-Karnataka and Kalyana-Karnataka regions. Steps must be taken to chalk out programs to organise cultural programs in front of historic monuments.