Mangalore:6th Sept. The Queen’s Baton of Commonwealth Games entered Dakshina Kannada district via Gundya, Nellyadi on September 5, Sunday.
Prabhakar Sharma, Additional DC, on behalf of the DK District Administration received the the baton from Wing Commander V.N.Singh, the relay commander.
District in-charge minister Krishna J Palemar, SP Dr Subrahmanyeshwara Rao, DK Zilla Panchayat President Santhosh Bhandary, Zilla Panchayat CEO Shivashankar, Former Mayor Shankar Bhat, ASP Amith Singh, Navin Shetty and others held the baton before handing it over to Ganapathy Nayak, Silver Medallist at the Srilankan Sports Meet held in Colombo in 1970.
The relay later proceeded to Town Hall through Bejai Church Road, Lalbhag, PVS Circle, Ambedkar Circle, and Hampankatta. Wing Commander also handed over the memento to assistant commissioner Prabhulinga Kavalakatti, Zilla Panchayath CEO Shivashankar and Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh.
Various cultural programmes like cultural dance by team Sanathana Natyalaya, Taleemu by Rudranjaneya team of Kaup, Kangeelu dance, Dudi Kunitha and Tiger dance by Bajilakeri Kamalaksha were held.
“We are excited that 72 days history has been recorded by the multi media team of Marwah studios till now.” said Sandeep Marwah, President of Marwah Studios and partners with Commonwealth Games for Queen’s Baton Relay international coverage.
