Rural sports event ‘Hale Beru Hosa Chiguru’ on Jan 24

Sankranti Sambhrama Acharana Samiti will organise the third annual rural sports event ‘Hale Beru Hosa Chiguru’, at Government Model Primary School ground, on January 24.

Addressing reporters on Wednesday, committee convener V N Umashankar said that the objective is to promote rural sports and to encourage the youth to participate in the same.

The programme will be inaugurated with a gau puja, he said.

The events of shooting coconut, ‘Hanuman kabaddi’ and slow bicycle race will be held for men.

For women, the events will be, ‘Alaguli mane’, ‘Anekallu’, ‘Kuntebille’, tug-of-war, breaking the pot, slow scooter riding, shot put, throw ball and lemon spoon race. Girls above high school will take part in the slow cycle race and a three-legged race.

The valedictory programme will be held at 5.30 pm on the same day. Madikeri MLA Appachu Ranjan will be present.

Actors Jayaram Karthik (J K), Kavya Shastry, district BJP former president B B Bharatish and Town Panchayat president B Jayavardhan will be the guests, he added.