Children’s Dasara wins people’s hearts

For children it was a new experience of celebrating Dasara at Madikeri on Thursday. It was on the occasion of children’s Dasara, being organised by Madikeri Dasara cultural committee, for the third year.

Children themselves inaugurated the Children’s Dasara at Gandhi Maidan at 11 am. Besides participating in various competitions and cultural programmes, children honed their marketing skills too, by selling various items in the children’s market.

The market offered a wide range of items from vegetables to snacks.Fancy dress, makkala mantapa, children’s shandy market, quiz, drawing and various other competitions were conducted on the occasion.In Makkala Mantapa, the tableau competition, a group of recreated ‘Dasha Mantapa’s, which is a prominent feature of Madikeri Dasara.

Also, recreation of mythological scenes was part of the competition.

The children’s shandy market drew an overwhelming response with customers purchasing variety of items such as fruits, vegetables, snacks, coffee, juice, flower vases and so on.

Results

Children’s shandy market: Vinith Lobo and team – I, Hrithvik Anwekar and team – II and Samarth – IIIMantapa competition: Vidyavinayaka Makkala Sangha – I, Shivoham team – II, Bharath and team – IIIDrawing competition (5 to 8 years category): Rishika M A – I, Rakshith M B – II and U M Jeevith – III (9 to 12 years category): P R Arya – I, Shreyas – II and Havyas – III. Consolation prize – Dilan (13 to 16 years category): Shreyas S – I, Nuthan P N – II and Pritham H M – IIIQuiz on Indian Heritage and Culture: (2 to 7th standard category):G R Ashutosh – I, N M Dillan – II and I B Dinal – III (8 to 10th standard category): S S Gautham – I, H U Gurugovind – II and K M Karthik – IIIFancy dress competition (Below 5 years category): Dhruva Nanjappa – I, Anushka – II, G R Anuhya – III and Diya Vasanth – Consolation(6 to 8 years category): Brihat Bopaiah – I, Anchal Joshi – II, Shahnavi – III and Abhinaya Krishna – consolation(9 to 12 years category): Yavani – I, Vakya Dinesh – II, Victor Lobo – III and Apeksha Rai – consolation.DH News Service

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DHNS, Madikeri – October 05th, 2014

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