Deepavali celebrated at St Joseph’s Hr Pry School, Belman

By B Pundalika Marate
Bellevision Media Network

Karkala, 27 Oct 2016: The celebration of Deepavali, festival of lights indeed promotes brotherhood by shunning the darkness and surging towards light. It’s commonly celebrated in worship centers and elsewhere. Meanwhile, the celebration of Deepavali in school is special and ideal programme, said MLA V Sunil Kumar.

 

MLA Sunil was speaking after inaugurating Deepavali Sambrama – 2016 at St Joseph’s Higher Primary School, Belman, near here on Wednesday, October 26.

 

 

He also felicitated renowned chief Surendra Nayak (Balumam) Nagarabettu who has been preparing Deepavali dishes since the past 8 years and Ravi, the bus keeper for service buses at Belman, here.

 

UPCL – Adani Group CEO Kishore Alva, AGM Girish Navada, retired principal Alban Rodrigues Shirva, Vidhyavardaka Sangh sponsored education institutions administrator Professor Y Bhaskar Shetty, ZP member Reshma Uday Kumar Shetty, TP member Asha Devendra Shetty, Belman gram panchayat president Mallika Rao, Belman gram panchayat member Prabhakar Shetty, Rotary Club – Shirva office bearer Ramesh Michael D’Souza, Bantakal entrepreneur Madhav Kamat, Nityanand Shetty Peralpade, Sylvester D’Mello, Karkala taluk government employees Association secretary Vasant M, aided school teachers Association former president V K Rao Nandalike, St Joseph’s High School headmaster Anita Kamalini, Convent superior Sr Usha Stella D’Souza, Lions Club – Belman president Mukund Kamat were the chief guests.

 

Belman parish council vice president and school alma mater president Gregory Menezes presided the programme.

 

The School head teacher Sr Lucy Pereira welcomed the gathering. The teacher Vincent Pinto proposed vote of thanks. Rotary Club – Shirva and JCI – Belman sponsored the programme.  

 

Variety cultural shows were presented by the students and reading scriptures of Bhagavad-Gita.

 

The programme concluded with fellowship meal.