Category Archives: Famous Personalities of Kodagu / Coorg

Gulshan Devaiah completes 10 years in Bollywood; says it’s been a good journey, not a great one

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Gulshan Devaiah completes a decade in Bollywood today i.e April 22.

To mark the occasion, the actor took to his Twitter handle to share a heartfelt note. He said that he has just started and is far from done.

The note read, “I’m better now, than ten years from today. So much better in every way. I came with dreams in my eyes, & fire in my belly. Some came true, not too much too soon, And the fire, it’s still going steady. Been a bit lucky…yeah it’s true. It’s been a good journey, not a great one,

But hey! I’m just getting started , I am far from done. I do feel pride, for I’ve done this on my own, but like it is said, I ‘ve also had a bit of fortune. Thanks for your love, and support, On an endless river, I row my boat. Yours sincerely, Gulshan Devaiah.”

He captioned the note as, “My first decade in Bollywood! Class of 2011 #22ndApril #10yearsinBollywood Thank you all !! of the horns I’m grateful for all the love & support. See you at the cinemas!! Cinema Zindabad!!”

On the work front, Gulshan will next be seen in Ajay Bahl’s next co-starring Taapsee Pannu. Reportedly, the film is expected to go on floors in mid June in Nainital.

source: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com / Bollywood Hungama / Home / by Bollywood Hungama News Network / April 22nd, 2021

International Hockey Umpire Mundanda Anupama Passes Away

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She was the first woman referee from India to officiate in 88 international hockey matches

The first Indian woman umpire who started her international career in 2004 and the first woman referee from India to officiate in 88 international hockey matches Mundanda (Puchimanda) Anupama, wife of Mundanda Mithun Mandanna of Nelaji village in Kodagu, passed away in Bengaluru this morning. She was 41.

She was selected by the Federation of International Hockey as one of the youngest umpires among ten men and women in the world. She had a passion for sports when she was nine and since then she never looked back. She was the first woman referee from India to officiate in 88 international hockey matches, junior world cup and three Commonwealth Games.

Born to Puchimanda Shivappa and Shanthi Shivappa (Achhandira) at Bittangala, Anupama was awarded the Best Umpire (Women) India by Sardar Gyan Singh Memorial Hockey Society in 2007. Anupama represented India in the umpires seminar held at Singapore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Chandigarh and New Delhi and represented Karnataka as a player in the sub-junior and senior women’s National Hockey Championships. She officiated as the umpire in the four-nation tournament held at Singapore in 2007 and refereed the finals between Australia Vs Malaysia.

She was the umpire in the three-nation tournament held at Italy and also umpired the Central American and Caribbean games, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2006. In 2008, Anupama officiated as the umpire for two four-nation tournament at Rotterdam in Holland and also at Bremen in Germany. Anupama umpired the Junior Asia Cup held at Malaysia in and was the umpire in the youth Olympic Games held at Australia in 2009.

She started her sports career at the age of nine as an amateur athlete at Sports School Kudige in Kodagu. At 13, she joined the Sports Authority of India, Madikeri, where she got into hockey. She represented the State in sub-junior and senior national championships several times. She has also officiated in events in Asia, Africa, and America and European continents.

She had a passion for umpiring and she cleared the umpiring exam in 2001 and first officiated as an umpire at Cheppudira Family Hockey Tournament in Kodagu and went onto make international name and fame. Anupama’s goal was to be an Olympics umpire. “I am happy I chose this profession. This motivates me to focus more on the job and I will be happy if one day I get to officiate in the Olympics,” she had stated in one of her interviews.

Recently Anupama was selected as Executive Council Member by Karnataka State Hockey Association.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / April 18th, 2021

Fr. John Francis Texeira Passes Away

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Mysore/Mysuru:

Rev. Fr. John Francis Texeira (72), Parish Priest of Sacred Heart Church at Naganahalli, passed away yesterday at a private hospital in city following brief illness.

Funeral was held today afternoon at the Catholic Cemetery in Belawadi Parish, Mysuru and the Requiem Holy Mass was  held at 3 pm today at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in city, according to the communication from the  Bishop’s House.

Rev. Fr. John Texiera was born in Virajpet, Kodagu district on June 4, 1949 to Paul Texiera and  Hilda Vaz couple. He was the eldest among three sons.  After completing his primary education at Virajpet, Rev. Fr. John joined St. Marys Minor Seminary in Mysuru. He completed his High School education at St. Philomena’s High School, PUC at St. Philomena’s College and later completed his Philosophy and Theology studies at St. Peter’s Pontifical Seminary, Bengaluru. 

Fr. John completed Master Degree in Catechetics at Vishwadeep, Bengaluru. He also served as the Director of Catholic Centre in Mysuru for six years and was also the Dean of Hunsur Deanery. He was ordained a Priest on June 24, 1975 at Siddapura, Kodagu district by the then Bishop of Mysuru Most Rev. Dr. Mathias Fernandes.

After serving for a few years as an assistant Parish Priest at St. Joseph‘s Cathedral in Mysuru, Fr. John was appointed as the Parish Priest of the Sacred Heart Church in Yadavagiri. He later served as the Parish Priest at Pandavapura, Kamagere, Siddapura, Shantipura, Nanjangud and was serving as the Parish Priest of the Sacred Heart Church, Naganahalli since last June.

Bishop of Mysuru Most Rev. Dr. K. A. William, Bishop Emeritus Most Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Vazhapilly and Priests of the Diocese have condoled the demise of Rev. Fr. John F. Texiera.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / April 19th, 2021

Virajpet Town Panchayat Vice-President Passes Away

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Virajpet: 

K.B. Harshavardhan (45), Vice-President of Virajpet Town Panchayat and a prominent BJP leader of Kodagu district, passed away following a heart attack on Monday morning.

Harshavardhan, who suffered a heart attack, was immediately rushed to a hospital in Virajpet, where he breathed his last.

Harshavardhan was elected from Meenpet Ward in the Town Panchayat. He leaves behind his mother, wife Divya, two children and a host of relatives and friends.

Harshavardhan had also served as the President of Kodagu District Hindu Malayali Association. 

  Virajpet TP Office, shops and other business establishments in the town  were shut for two hours in the afternoon as a mark of respect for the departed leader.

Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah and a host of other BJP leaders were among those who paid their last respects. Last rites were performed yesterday evening, according to sources. 

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / April 20th, 2021

Former hockey umpire Anupama Punchimanda succumbs to COVID-19 at 40

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Anupama had officiated in junior women’s World Cup and the Asia Cup among other major hockey events.

Former hockey umpire Anupama Punchimanda succumbs to COVID-19 at 40

One of India’s former international hockey umpires Anupama Punchimanda lost her battle with COVID-19 in Bengaluru on Sunday. She was 40!

Punchimanda, a former national level player, took to officiating early in her career and excelled as an umpire. 

She oversaw a number of big-ticket events like the 2005 Junior Women’s World Cup in Santiago, Chile, the 2013 Hockey World League Round II in New Delhi and the 2013 Women’s Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur.

“Anupama Punchimanda was one of the first few women in India to umpire at very reputed international tournaments,” Hockey India president Gyanendro Ningombam said in a statement.

“We at Hockey India share the grief of her family and friends and we extend our deepest condolences to Anupama’s family members.”

Punchimanda’s death comes just a few days after former Indian footballer and Olympian Ahmed Hussain died following complications related to the novel coronavirus. Hussain was 89 years old.

India have been dealing with a second wave of COVID-19 over the past few weeks with the ministry of health and family welfare reporting 1.8 million active cases as on April 18 with 177,150 reported deaths.

source: http://www.olympicchannel.com / Olympic Channel / Home / by Naveen Peter / April 18th, 2021

CHAIROS Hockey Cup 2021: Canara Bank reigns supreme

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Bengaluru :

Canara Bank beat Coorg Gulf in penalties to clinch the fifth edition of the five-a-side CHAIROS Hockey Cup 2021 held at the at FM Cariappa Hockey Arena turf ground, Shanthi Nagar.

The proceeds of the three-day tournament, organised by Coorg Challengers Chickpet Association, under the aegis of Hockey Karnataka, were donated to Cheshire Homes India, Bengaluru.

Dr AB Subbaiah, Olympian, Arjun Awardee and Hockey India Secretary inaugurated the tournament which brought together 23 of the best state level teams from Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

An exclusive Limited edition CHAIROS SPRINT sports watch by QNET was awarded to Team Coorg Gulg’s MG Poonacha, who was adjudged the Man of the Match.

Canara Bank’s Prithviraj GN who received the Player of the Tournament honour bagged Limited edition CHAIROS CHRONO + Blue sports watch from QNET.

The teams included an array of world-class players who have represented India at global hockey tournaments and many of them have been a part of the world’s biggest sporting stage, the Olympics.

An exhibition match was played before the finals, comprising players who are sports icons from yesteryear and Olympians.

Considering the COVID-19 situation, all teams strictly followed the safety and health protocols while also doing PCR tests.

Social distancing norms were strictly implemented to ensure safety of the spectators as well.

source: http://www.mykhel.com / MyKhel / Home> Hockey> News / by Ranjit / April 15th, 2021

Appointed As Justice Of Peace In Australia

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Mysore/Mysuru: 

Shravan Manjunath Nagesh, a native of Kodagu, has been appointed as Justice of the Peace (JP) in the State of New South Wales, Australia. He took Oath of Office in Court during February 2021.

After passing the ‘Justice of the Peace’ exam with 100 percent marks, Shravan was nominated by a Member of Parliament (MP) following which the Governor of New South Wales State approved his appointment. 

A native of Gonikoppal, Kodagu, 28-year-old Shravan was born to Nagesh Krishna and Deena Nagesh.

As his father was working as a Senior General Manager at a Multi-National Company in Sydney, Australia, Shravan did his basic education at Australia and completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering at BMS Engineering College in Bengaluru.

His mother Deena is a realtor.

Shravan is the grandson of late B.S. Ganesh Kumar, Joint Director of Agriculture, Mysuru district.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / April 15th, 2021

K.C. Ganapathy Is First Kodava Yachtsman To Qualify For Olympics

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Four sailors from India to compete at this year’s Tokyo Olympics

Mysore/Mysuru:

In a historic first for India, four sailors from the country will compete at this year’s Olympics after the pair of Kelappanda Chengappa Ganapathy – Varun Thakkar and Vishnu Saravanan made the cut for Tokyo at the Asian Qualifiers in Oman on Thursday.

This was after Nethra Kumanan became the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics in the laser radial event in the Mussanah Open Championship, which is an Asian Olympic qualifying event, held on Wednesday. It is also the first time that India will compete in three sailing events in the Olympics.

“Yes, history has been scripted. Four Indian sailors have qualified for Olympics to compete in three events. It’s the maximum number of sailors qualified and also in number of events,” Yachting Association of India Joint Secretary General Capt. Jitendra Dixit said.

Chengappa – Thakkar pair finished on top of the points table in the 49er Class. The duo had to finish in the top six in the medal race to make the grade, but the duo finished fourth and first overall to qualify.

“We got the result we wanted. All our hard work has paid off. We are grateful for all the people who supported us. It was a shaky (final) race, but we did it. Now the work starts,” Chengappa and Varun said after their achievement. Vikas Thakkar and Ganapathy had also won the bronze medal in 49er men’s sailing event at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

“I congratulate Indian athletes Nethra Kumanan, K.C. Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar who have qualified for Tokyo Olympic in sailing. I’m particularly proud of the quota of Nethra, who is India’s first-ever female sailor to qualify for the Olympics!” tweeted Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju.

Twenty-six-year-old Ganapathy is the son of Kelappanda late Deepak Chengappa and Reshma Chengappa (from Allaranda family). His mother Reshma runs a furniture business in Chennai and the family is settled there. His grandparents are Kelappanda late Pratap and Padma Prathap. Padma resides at Kolthodu village near Hatur village in South Kodagu.

Speaking to Star of Mysore, Padma said that it was a proud moment for India in general and Kodavas in particular as Ganapathy has achieved the distinction of being the first Kodava Yachtsman to qualify for the Olympics.“He has been sailing all through his life and started sailing at the age of six. He won the Under-12 National Championship and has come a long way. I pray for his success every moment and I am confident that he will make India proud,” she said.

In fact, Ganapathy quit school to pursue full-time sailing and won the Asian Games bronze. Later he enrolled himself at an Open School.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News> Sports / April 10th, 2021

Nellamakkada Wins Anjikeri Naad Hockey Namme

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Nellamakkada family beat Pardhanda family in the finals at Anjikeri Naad Hockey Namme at Hudhikeri held from April 1 to 5, organised correlating with Trinity College, Vijayanagar, Mysuru, as the main sponsors.

The victorious Nellamakkada team (in yellow jersey) — Aiyappa, Poovanna, Appanna, Likhin, Sachin, Somaiah, Pradhan, Chengappa, Appaiah and Rohan — is seen with Adarsh Chekkera – Physical Education Teacher, Anjikeri Naad, Elizar Milton – Chairman, Trinity College, Shama E. Milton – Secretary, Trinity College, M.N. Akkamma – Academic Advisor, Trinity College, C.P. Thejaswi – Academic Director, Trinity College, Ajjikuttira Prakyath Poonacha – President, Anjikeri Naad Koota, Buttiyanada Chengappa – Hockey Coory Secretary and Chekkera Bopanna, Member – Anjikeri Naad Koota.

A total of 95 teams took part in the tournament.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / April 11th, 2021

Mother Teresa Medical Centre, RO Plant Inaugurated At Sainik School In Kodagu

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Mysore/Mysuru:

Dr. K.B. Cariappa, Director and Dean, Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences, Madikeri, inaugurated Mother Teresa Medical Centre, school’s medical inspection room at Sainik School in Kodagu on Mar.30 in the presence of Dr. K. Mohan, District Health Officer, Kodagu and Dr. Rupesh, Resident Medical Officer.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest lauded the Sainik School set up and encouraged the cadets to imbibe leadership qualities to join Indian armed forces and strive to transform this vision into reality. 

He also recalled the legendary military leaders like Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa and Gen. K.S. Thimayya and their military achievements. 

The school medical inspection room with the presence of nursing assistants caters in ensuring health of the cadets. Detailed medical history charts are maintained for individual cadets and an accurate periodical record of height, weight and chest measurements is also maintained. 

CBSE’s latest initiative mandates Health and Physical Education (HPE) subject to all cadets. The school medical inspection room is a repository of cadets’ medical history and a learning centre too. It helps cadets to learn and maintain hygiene, educate the importance of nutritious food and significance of physical exercises. 

Dr. K. Mohan, District Health Officer (DHO), Kodagu, inaugurated Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plant at the school campus.  

Col. G. Kannan, Principal, Priya Kannan, the first lady of the school, Lt. Col. Seema Tripathi, Vice-Principal, Sqn. Ldr. R.K. Dey, Administrative Officer, Sangeeta Dey, Dr. H. Mahesh, School Medical Officer and S. Suryanarayana, Senior Master, staff and cadets were present on the occasion. All safety measures including wearing mask and social distancing were followed during the event. 

Cdt. M.G. Apoorv was the master of ceremony. Cdt. R.  Shashank and Cdt Harsharaj spoke on Mother Teresa’s contribution to humanity and Reverse Osmosis (RO) respectively.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / April 11th, 2021