International Kite Festival Will be Held at Tannirbhavi Beach in Mangalore: Click For More Details

The ONGC-MRPL International Kite Festival will be held at the Tannirbhavi beach in Mangalore on February 10 and 11. Team Mangalore Trust, a group of kite makers and flyers of the city, are organising the event.

Sarvesh Rao, the founder of the Trust, said that as many as 13 international kite flyers from Thailand, Ukraine, Greece, Estonia, Sweden, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam will take part in the event. Over 35 Indian kite fliers from Dahanu in Maharashtra, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Rajkot, Surat and Kerala will also take part in the event. Mr. Rao said with flow of good breeze, the months of January and February is ideal time to host kite festivals along the Karnataka coastline. The Team Mangalore Trust will also take part in the event and it will fly its kites namely Kathakali, Yaksha, Gajendra, Bhoota Kola, Garuda, Pushpaka Vimana and Vibhishana, he said.

The kite flying will start at 2.30 p.m. on February 10 and a formal inaugural function will be held at 5.30 p.m. There will be night flying of kites between 6.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the two days. Arrangements have been made for parking of 2,000 cars and 6,000 two wheelers near Tannirbhavi beach. Parking arrangements have also been made at Mata Amritanandamayi school grounds in Boloor. People may use the ferry service to reach Tannirbhavi beach from Sultan Batthery.