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Deputy Commissioner K H Ashwathnarayana Gowda offering flowers to the portrait of Kanakadasa during the Kanaka Jayanthi celebration held at Kote Hale
Addressing the Kanaka Jayanthi celebration held at Kote Hale on Thursday, he said that Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa announced Kanaka Jayanthi as a government holiday and hence with this, the government has been arranging meaningful programme on this day. He said that district administration is organising a simple programme due to the North Karnataka floods.
Information Officer Vinod Chandra delivering the keynote address said that Kanakadasa was a social reformer in true sense.
ZP CEO Mirza Akbarullah, Additional Deputy Commissioner Chandregowda, Municipal Commissioner K Srikanth Rao, DySP J D Prakash and others were present.
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