Godavari banks come alive with Maha Harathi ceremony
The Hindu
Speakers call for conscious and collective efforts to protect rivers
Speakers at the Godavari ‘Maha Harathi’ ceremony held in Dharmapuri town on Sunday evening called for conscious and collective efforts to protect rivers and conserve the river ecosystem to safeguard the lifeline for human sustenance.
The serene locales of the Godavari banks in the famous temple town of Dharmapuri came alive with the glittering glow of Maha Harathi ceremony organised as part of Karthika Masam celebrations.
Sri Sachidananda Saraswathi Swamy of the Tuni Sri Peetham, BJP national general secretary P. Muralidhar Rao, Godavari Maha Harathi State convenor Veeragopal and others participated.
Chennai has two categories of Black kites: a larger group heading to the city from the western parts of India during the south west monsoon and heading back when the monsoon is past; and another group, smaller and resident, which would make minor movements in and around Chennai looking for an optimal atmosphere for nesting and raising the young. A couple of pylons in Perumbakkam suggest that Black kites have found an ideal nesting space there
This is part of the Karnataka Namakarana Suvarna Mahotsava celebrations organised to mark the naming of the State as ‘Karnataka’ during the tenure of the late D. Devaraj Urs. The statue, sculpted at an approximate cost of ₹21.24 crore, is 41-foot-tall including the pedestal and weighs around 31.5 tonnes.