With the grace of Lord Balaji, we have with us this year a generous photographic contribution of Kodial Teru from Manju Neereshwalya. To people around Mangalore, Manju needs no introduction. His pictures are most sought after, and are featured in almost every newspaper and website related to Mangalore. We welcome Manju as a contributor to Radio Idli and request his continued support… read more to see the photo slide show…
GSB cultural and Religious
Two Great Kamath’s – K. V. Kamath and Kiran Kamath.
Friends, in this issue we continue to bring the coverage of Shri K. V. Kamathmaam’s felicitation programme, as its video gets edited and uploaded. ************************************************************************************* Videos of K. V. Kamathmaam’s felicitation programme The playlist below carries two videos: 1) Swagat geet by Shri Kiran Kamath (its got three Raagas.. Vrindavani Sarang, Shuddha Sarang and Malhar) […]
Padma Bhushan Shri K. V. Kamath Felicitated by Shrimad Sudhindra Teertha Swamiji
April 3, 2008 Matunga, Mumbai Shared in this post are Two photograph albums – Of the event, and some memorable behind-the-scenes moments 🙂 Photographs of the event: Click Here for a fullscreen slide show The behind the scenes moment are a bit guarded to view it you need to click here Brief Report: Gawd Saraswat […]
Bantwal Teru – Courtesy Dr. Kiran Baliga
Dr. Kiran Baliga provides all of us a pilgrimage to Bantwal Teru (chariot festival). This comes closely after the coverage of Mangalore teru by Kudpi Rajanikanth Shenoy, Nithin Rao and Prakash Kamath. *Flash news Announcement********************************************************* ” As per reliable sources, Budding Star Balachandra Prabhu has just left Hubli for his show in Mumbai.. He would […]
Kodial Theru 2008 : A report by Rajanikanth Shenoy, Kudpi
Kodial Theru 2008 Report : Rajanikanth Shenoy, Kudpi Video courtesy : Nithin Rao, Kumblekar and Prakash Kamath, Kanthavar Mangalore, Feb 18, 2008 The famous ‘Mangalore Car Festival’ or ‘Kodial Theru” was celebrated with gaiety and devotion on February 13, 2008. Ratharohan or ascending the chariot was held at 6.00p.m., and the Grand Chariot was drawn […]
Shri Mangesh – Shantadurga Darshan – Courtesy Kumar Sanjeev
Saraswat ancestral heritage and our cultural diversity across the west coast is evident from the uniqueness of our Kuladevasthaans (family temples) located around Gomaantak (Goa). Shri Mangesh and Shri Shantadurga and many of our family deities have been our guardian Deities throughout ages of colonialism and now – globalization :-). They have been instrumental in […]
NaKSAtra 2007 – Annual cultural extravaganza
I have been postponing the uploading of these links for a long time now. My apologies are due on this front. This year as usual the Kanara Saraswat Association organised its event and there was a tremendous response. This is the same stage where great artistes like Pt.Ravishankar have done their earlier performances and the […]
Mumbai Ganapati Coverage
Vakratunda Mahakaaya Kotisurya Samaprabha. Nirvighnam Kurumedeva Sarvakaryeshu Sarvada. Dear friends, Radio Idli and its volunteers take the pleasure of sharing with you snippets of Ganapati celebrations in the GSB Mandals and households of Mumbai. Over the next five days, i will be adding links of video clips taken by us. ******************************************************************************** NOTE: over the next […]
Video Special – 3 Magnificent Arti’s
Contributed by: Harish Shanbhag, Nikhil Pai and Nagesh Pai. As GSB’s we have been ardent followers of the religious traditions carried forth by our ancestors. Our religious festivals have given us the spiritual strength and also strong social bonding. We are proud to share three wonderful videos as a part of our journey to the […]