The Udupi district administration has decided to commemorate this year’s Rajyotsava in a unique way by arranging simultaneous and mass singing of Kannada songs on Thursday. Udupi district Deputy Commissioner M. Kurma Rao said that popular songs such as Barisu Kannada Dimdimava, Jogada Siri Belakinalli and Huttidare Kannada Nadalli Huttabeku, which magnify the language and the culture, should be rendered simultaneously at all possible locations at 11 a.m. on Thursday. Hundred singers will be sailing out in boats from the Malpe Fishing Harbour and singing these songs on the high seas. Fishermen too will join these artists, the DC said. The mass singing programmes will be organised at important tourist locations of the district, including Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt, Malpe Beach and Sea Walk, Karkala Jain Basadi and Gommata Betta, Varanga Jain Basadi, Padubidri Blue Flag Beach and Kaup Light House, among other places. The DC said that the respective departments should ensure mass singing in institutions, organisations and locations coming under their jurisdiction, including Fisheries Department through fishermen, MESCOM through their linesmen, the Industries Department through industries, the Forest Department in forests and tree parks, the Muzrai Department in the popular temples of Kollur, Mandarthi, Kumbhasi (Anegudde) and the Health Department in health facilities. All government staff should participate in the programme and conduct rehearsal two days before the event. The entire programme will be well documented, DC added.