“Along with national sentiments how one should respond to the common people’s sufferings has been exemplified by late Belle Kamalaksha Shenoy. Forgetting his own pain and sorrows, he found happiness in the joys of other people…”

The veteran doctor of Shirva, Dr. K.R. Venkatakrishna whose vision has been “Hospitals are temples and patients are gods’ has been honoured for his long standing contribution in health service of the common people by

“Aaryabhata” awardee S. N. Shetty Udupi was felicitated at the residence of Punaru Moolageni Janthra Gopalakrishna Nayak, near Shirva.

Delivering the keynote address at a multiple programme such as ‘Nadunane Sahitya’, Matruvandana, Guruvandana, smajasevavandana and Pratibhavandana at Shirva Hosangadi Shri Sarvottama Vedike on Sunday, 26th December 2010, B.C. Rao Shivapura said