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MELODIOUS RAJYOTSAWA AT KARNATAKA SANGHA SHARJAH 14TH ANNUAL DAY - CROWNS PHILANTHROPIST SINGER JOSEPH MATHIAS WITH ‘MAYURA’ AWARD 2016

Karnataka Sangha Sharjah celebrated its 14th annual programme this Friday with pride and fervor at Sharjah Indian Association Auditorium in a vibrant way.  The programme started around 4.30 pm onwards.  The main attraction of this year’s event is UAE Level Singing Competition wherein the final round was conducted for ‘Mayura Raja’, ‘Mayura Rani’, ‘Mayura Kumara’ & ‘Mayura Kumari’ honours respectively.  Another honorable event was crowning of the prestigious ‘Mayura Award 2016’ which was bestowed upon Philanthropist Entrepreneur Joseph Mathias during the event.

The event kicked off systematically with singing of Indian National Anthem followed by Kannada ‘Nada Geethe’ and UAE National Anthem respectively.  Later the Karnataka Flag was hoisted as a symbol of opening up the programme with all respects and standing ovation.  Beautifully choreographed dance performance by Classical Rythms gave brightness to the event opening.  This was followed by singing of patriotic song to open up the UAE level singing competition, beautifully compered by Rohini Ananth who also choreographed the first dance.  She then introduced the guest co-host well known Ravi Santosh, who is also a mimicry artist, to take forward the programme.  The later took over and handled the ‘Singing Competition’ inviting the participants with introduction as well as the details of the songs one by one.

UAE LEVEL KANNADA FILM SONGS SINGING COMPETITION

Madhura Vishwanath started with the first solo round which really mesmerized the whole audience with her perfect classical presentation, giving professional touch for the competition.  This was followed by Vaishnavi Arun Shetty who rendered another beautiful Kannada Filmy song with her strong voice.  Akshatha Rao continued and followed were Raghavendra, Krishna Prasad & Shahid Shabaj (who I heard had arrived just in time) who gave a mind blowing singing which shook the whole auditorium including the judges.  Followed were the children round wherein Sindhu Satish Kamath, Amoghvarsh Bhat & Sannidhi Vishwanath Shetty performed their solo rounds melodiously.  But it was a brilliant performance by the little girl Sannidhi Shetty which took the audience by surprise not only for her perfect singing but also the way she performed rendering it with proper rhythm. One should hail their courage and dedication towards Kannada as all of them have chosen really the best of Kannada Film Songs which had variations of recognition in the Sandalwood.  Soon was the final round with duet wherein everybody performed well presenting some of the peppy numbers.  The real winning singers displayed their vocal qualities in this round helping the judges to finalize the winners.  However the winners declaration were kept pending until the end. Lecturer cum Professional Singer, Anitha D’Souza, Vidushi Suma Narayan, and play back singer Manasa Holla judged the competition throughout professionally.

The formal stage event was later inaugurated by traditional lighting of the lamp by Chairman of Mosaco Shipping/Film Producer, Frank Fernandes, MD of Fortune Group of Hotels, Praveen Shetty, Patron of KSS Mark Denis, Director of ACME Building Materials, Harish Sherigar, President of Indian Association Sharjah, Advocate Y.A. Rahim and many other dignitaries along with current President of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah Sugandhraj Bekal & other past Presidents of the Sangha.

Past President, Ganesh Rai took over the formal stage programme gracefully and requested Noel Almeida & Prabhakar Ambalthere (past Presidents) to escort the 2016 Mayura Awardee, Philanthropist Singer/Actor Joseph Mathias on to the honoring ceremony. Joseph Mathias along with his wife Flavia and beautiful daughters Tisha and Tianna were welcomed on to the stage respectfully and seated on the honouring stage.

‘MAYURA AWARD’ BESTOWED ON ENTERPRENAUR JOSEPH MATHIAS

Soon Joseph Mathias was honoured with Shawl, Mysore headgear (Peta), Flower bouquet, Memento and a Felicitation letter which was read by past President Shantaram Achar.

Like every year Karnataka Sangha Sharjah this year too identified a real prominent Kannadiga and honoured him with this award. Joseph Mathias a well-known businessman, Social worker, Singer, Film Actor and most importantly an ardent supporter of Kannada Art, Folk in this part of the world was the true choice for this prestigious ‘Mayura Award’.

On accepting the award, Joseph Mathias speaking to the gathering  expressed his happiness and thanked Karnataka Sangha Sharjah for choosing him for the prestigious award. He said, “Karnataka is the land where we learnt humanity and culture. It is the land which united us due to the sacrifice and commitment of our leaders with great vision, poets and reformers who enlightened the state with rich literature and reformations of society. “The same love and compassion towards my mother land is inspiring me to serve my mother tongue and culture” he added. Concluding he wished all success to Karnataka Sangha Sharjah for their activities towards humanity and culture and assured his support for such events in the future.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Guest & Main Sponsor of the event, Frank Fernandes congratulated the organizers for their hard work, dedication to make the event a success with their outstanding arrangements as they do every year.  He also congratulated Joseph Mathias on receiving the Mayura Award and also prompted his kind support for Kannada in the future too.

On the occasion, Karnataka Sangha Sharjah honored their member Nityananda Bhandary for his selfless service towards KSS and appreciated his service with garlands and memento. L&T finance chief executive Manoj Shenoy released the hand brochure of KSS which contains the details of their activities and social services.

Karnataka Sangha Sharjah honored their sponsors and well-wishers with mementos as a token of gratitude. President of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha Sarvotham Shetty, Chairman of Reliable Fabricators James Mendonca, Chief Executive of L&T finance Manoj Shenoy, Chief of Radio Spice Herman Lewis and Chief of Broadway events Joel Crasta were honored.  Ganesh Rai briefed on the contribution of Media and invited all the Media representatives starting with Shodhan Prasad who were all honoured with Karnataka Flag Shawls.  Also honored were Presidents of various Karnataka based organization’s Presidents.

In between Harish Sherigar presented details of his first production of Kannada Movie ‘March 22’ with clipping.

MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA
The evening continued with musical concert by famous artists of UAE and guest artist from Karnataka, the famous musician Raj Gopal and his team entertained the audience with spell bound musical extravaganza. Local singer Harish Sherigar, Play back singers Anitha D’Souza who has sung in nine languages & Manasa Holla, Vijaya Bhat, Sai Mallika, Ravi Santosh and other entertained the audience with their melodious numbers from Hindi and Kannada. Many dance troupes performed and enthralled the audience.

RESULTS OF SINGING COMPETITION

Audience were eagerly waiting to know the results of the ‘UAE Level Singing Competition’ and the winners were announced:-
Winners of ‘Mayura Raja’ & ‘Mayura Kumari’ Children’s category
1)    Sannidhi Vishawanath Shetty (First)
2)    Sindhu Sathish Kamath (Second)
3)    Amoghvarsh Bhat (Third)

Winners of ‘Mayura Rani’ (16 years and above category)
1)    Madhura Vishwanath (First)
2)    Akshatha Rao (Second)
3)    Vaishanvi Arun Shetty (Third)

Winners of ‘Mayura Raja; (16 years and above category)
1)    Shahid Shahabaz (First)
2)    Krishna Prasad Rao (Second)
3)    Raghavendra Prabhakar (Third)

The evening concluded with vote of thanks.