Will The Annual Kambala Organised at Pilikula Nisargadhama Be Back After Five Years?

Will The Annual Kambala Organised at Pilikula Nisargadhama Be Back After Five Years?

October 19: The annual Kambala which was being organised by Dr. Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama at Pilikula is likely to be back after five years.
Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada Kota Srinivasa Poojary, on Thursday, has instructed the officials to make preparations to conduct the Pilikula Kambala either by the end of January or in February 2020. Minister poojary has asked the officials to prepare a proposal on the funds needed to organise the event and send it to the State government. He mentioned that  he would get it sanctioned. The Nisargadhama, had organised Kambala last in December 2014. It stopped organising it later after an animal rights organisation, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, raised objections against holding all types of Kambala events citing cruelty to animals.
Though PETA challenged the Ordinance in the Supreme Court, the court refused to pass an interim stay on the Ordinance. Hence, some Kambalas were held in the 2017-18 season. Kambala organisers called it as “traditional sports”.
The meeting was also attended by U. T. Khader and Umanath A Kotian, MLAs, Sindhu B. Rupesh, Deputy Commissioner, and R. Selvamani, Chief Executive Officer, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat.