Mangaluru, Mar 1: The much talked-about Virat Hindu Samajotsava marking the golden jubilee of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) began with a grand and colourful ‘shobha yatra’ here on Sunday March 1.
The procession was flagged off at Dr Ambedkar circle and will culminate at Nehru Maidan, the venue for the event.
The entire stretch of the procession route bathed in shades of saffron as thousands of men and women marched in unison chanting ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Bolo Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and waving saffron flags.
The procession was headed by S.Ganesh Rao, Vijaynath Vittal Shetty, Jagadish Shenava, M B Puranik, Sharan Pumpwell, Ganesh Karnik, Nagaraj Shetty, Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, Jitendra Kottari, and others.
Towards the end of the procession, it started raining.
