Nineteen Year Old Youth From Siddi Community is Being Trained at Mangalore Horse Riding Academy

Mangalore Horse Riding Academy is training a 19-year-old youth belonging to the Siddi community and from a remote village in Yellapur of Uttara Kannada district. Nithyanand Nagappa Siddi from the remote Kelase village, was noticed by environmentalist Dinesh Holla, who launched Vana Chethana, a unique education programme for tribal children along with Avinand Achanahally, founder of Mangalore Horse Riding Academy.

Nithyanand was good at drawing and Dinesh Holla got him enrolled at Prasad Art Gallery in Mangalore after consent from his parents. When Avinand spoke to Nithyanand and learnt about his aspiration to become a sportsman, Avinand took the initiative and enrolled him at the academy.

Nithyanand has already accompanied Avinand to Bengaluru for valuable experience and insights into competitions. Nithyanand who also assists Avinand in the academy said that his dream is to be an equestrian and represent the country. He studied up to I PUC and his father is a folk dancer.

The academy has trained more than 1,200 students and at present has 12 horses, including Mythri, Zora and Angel, show jumping horses.