<p>The kite festival organised jointly by City-based J H Patel College and MCC Youth Club stole the show at Kunduvada Lake in Davangere on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Hundreds of schoolchildren, non-resident Indians and others participated in the festival. The serene Kunduvada Lake virtually turned into a children’s hub as they gathered in large numbers holding colourful kites of different shapes. <br /><br />The people were in joyful mood to see unique kinds of kites namely ‘rocket kite,’ which was flown in the blue sky by Non-Resident Indian Eshwar, while Abhinav Bharathi School student Praveen and Thimmesh flew ‘ching kite’. <br /><br />Children flew kites made out of newspapers, colour papers and plastic papers. <br />Though some students were successful in their efforts to fly the kites, some others failed due to poor wind and lack of kite flying skills. <br /><br />The kite festival began in the morning and went on till afternoon. Parents and public were seen encouraging their children to fly kites.<br /><br />Winners <br />Sridhar, a student of Abhinav Bharathi School, bagged the first prize, while Akshay C J of PES School and Vinayak of Abhinav Bharathi School won the second prize, Lohith of SJJM School, Shilpa of BJM school, Varun and Bharath of Bapuji CBSE School stood third.<br /><br />Principal of J H Patel College Pratibha Doggalli, Secretary Doggalli Goudar Puttaraju, PDO Manjanaik, lecturers Lohith, Arundhati, MCC Youth Club president S Nagaraj and others were present. <br /></p>
<p>The kite festival organised jointly by City-based J H Patel College and MCC Youth Club stole the show at Kunduvada Lake in Davangere on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Hundreds of schoolchildren, non-resident Indians and others participated in the festival. The serene Kunduvada Lake virtually turned into a children’s hub as they gathered in large numbers holding colourful kites of different shapes. <br /><br />The people were in joyful mood to see unique kinds of kites namely ‘rocket kite,’ which was flown in the blue sky by Non-Resident Indian Eshwar, while Abhinav Bharathi School student Praveen and Thimmesh flew ‘ching kite’. <br /><br />Children flew kites made out of newspapers, colour papers and plastic papers. <br />Though some students were successful in their efforts to fly the kites, some others failed due to poor wind and lack of kite flying skills. <br /><br />The kite festival began in the morning and went on till afternoon. Parents and public were seen encouraging their children to fly kites.<br /><br />Winners <br />Sridhar, a student of Abhinav Bharathi School, bagged the first prize, while Akshay C J of PES School and Vinayak of Abhinav Bharathi School won the second prize, Lohith of SJJM School, Shilpa of BJM school, Varun and Bharath of Bapuji CBSE School stood third.<br /><br />Principal of J H Patel College Pratibha Doggalli, Secretary Doggalli Goudar Puttaraju, PDO Manjanaik, lecturers Lohith, Arundhati, MCC Youth Club president S Nagaraj and others were present. <br /></p>