Mangalore & Its Culture Makes A strong Impression On Students From Uttarakhand: Check Out

January 28: A group of 50 youth from Uttarakhand, as a part of ‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’ (One India, Great India) – an inter-state youth exchange programme had stayed in Mangalore for four days.

The Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat is organised by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports through Nehru Yuva Kendra Sanghatan and National Service Scheme of Yenepoya (Deemed to be University). The programme is aimed to promote understanding of each other’s culture, traditions, language, food and other practices. Under the programme, Karnataka is partnered with Uttarakhand.
As a programme, the team visited Kudroli temple, Ullal Dargah, St Lawrence Shrine in Attur, 1,000-pillar Basadi, St Aloysius and were carried away by the beauty of these places of worship and the tourist spots.During their stay here, the Yakshagana, the traditional art form of Coastal districts, and the culinary delicacies of Mangalore has made a strong impression on the team.
A Student named Anoop was carried away by the beauty of Yakshagana and also folk song ‘Sojugada Sooju Mallige Maadeva Nimma Mande Myale Dundu Mallige’ and sings it fluently understanding the meaning of the song. Another youth said Kannada language is polite. The paintings at St Aloysius Chapel is a marvelous wonder, even after several decades it looks fresh. The students even started liking Idli, vada, sambar, upma.
The team from Uttarakhand also visited a few award winning youth clubs in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts and were carried away by the community works carried out by these clubs and wished to carry back the best practices from these youth clubs and implement in their respective districts, so that they can also contribute in nation-building process, said Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) district Coordinator Raghuveer Souterpete.
The team from Uttarakhand had an opportunity to interact with Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh, MLA U T Khader and Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) Vice Chancellor Dr M Vijayakumar, which enriched their knowledge.