<p>Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty, winner of ‘Miss Supranational 2016’ a beauty pageant at Poland, could not hide her joy over her rare feat of returning to her roots in Mangaluru. <br /><br /></p>.<p>International Bunts’ Welfare Trust honoured Srinidhi in a traditional manner at a programme organised at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) Law College auditorium on Wednesday.<br /><br />Srinidhi, who spoke in chaste Tulu, her mother tongue, acknowledged the constant encouragement of people in Kudla, Mangaluru. “It was due to the constant support of the same people did I catapult to the top slot in the beauty pageant, wearing the glittering tiara crown,” she said, describing it as the happiest moment of her life, much to the applause of the gathering.<br /><br />Not to forget the sacrifices by her father Ramesh Shetty, who was accompanying her along with his two other daughters (elder sisters of Srinidhi), Srinidhi described him as the pillar of strength who gave wings to her dreams, showering motherly affection after the demise of her mother (Kushala Shetty). <br /><br />Srinidhi said, “When I was running for the pageant, I would regularly browse on the net only to see the encouragement of Bunts’ Sangha, who were sharing every update – that indeed improved my confidence level. I thank you from the bottom of my heart”.<br /><br />A native of Mulki near Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada district, Srinidhi said, “I had put in a lot of supports, as I was the hope of every Indian back home.”<br /><br />Earlier, women from Bunts’ community felicitated Srinidhi by offering traditional bangles, besides applying turmeric on her chin and performing arati, with horns blowing horns in the backdrop.<br /><br />Satish Shetty Bondel, a Bhagavata singer from Kateel Mela along with co-artistes, rendered a song penned on Srinidhi, paying a literary ode to her achievement, second after Aishwarya Rai, also from Dakshina Kannada district and winner of Miss World in the year 1994.<br /><br />Srinidhi, an engineering graduate from Jain University, Bengaluru, is an alumna of St Aloysius College and Sri Narayana Guru School in Mangaluru. She currently lives with her family in Maharashtra.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty, winner of ‘Miss Supranational 2016’ a beauty pageant at Poland, could not hide her joy over her rare feat of returning to her roots in Mangaluru. <br /><br /></p>.<p>International Bunts’ Welfare Trust honoured Srinidhi in a traditional manner at a programme organised at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) Law College auditorium on Wednesday.<br /><br />Srinidhi, who spoke in chaste Tulu, her mother tongue, acknowledged the constant encouragement of people in Kudla, Mangaluru. “It was due to the constant support of the same people did I catapult to the top slot in the beauty pageant, wearing the glittering tiara crown,” she said, describing it as the happiest moment of her life, much to the applause of the gathering.<br /><br />Not to forget the sacrifices by her father Ramesh Shetty, who was accompanying her along with his two other daughters (elder sisters of Srinidhi), Srinidhi described him as the pillar of strength who gave wings to her dreams, showering motherly affection after the demise of her mother (Kushala Shetty). <br /><br />Srinidhi said, “When I was running for the pageant, I would regularly browse on the net only to see the encouragement of Bunts’ Sangha, who were sharing every update – that indeed improved my confidence level. I thank you from the bottom of my heart”.<br /><br />A native of Mulki near Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada district, Srinidhi said, “I had put in a lot of supports, as I was the hope of every Indian back home.”<br /><br />Earlier, women from Bunts’ community felicitated Srinidhi by offering traditional bangles, besides applying turmeric on her chin and performing arati, with horns blowing horns in the backdrop.<br /><br />Satish Shetty Bondel, a Bhagavata singer from Kateel Mela along with co-artistes, rendered a song penned on Srinidhi, paying a literary ode to her achievement, second after Aishwarya Rai, also from Dakshina Kannada district and winner of Miss World in the year 1994.<br /><br />Srinidhi, an engineering graduate from Jain University, Bengaluru, is an alumna of St Aloysius College and Sri Narayana Guru School in Mangaluru. She currently lives with her family in Maharashtra.<br /><br /></p>
