Mangaluru, July 27: The three day long “Sangama Sambrama-2015” held at Dr Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisarga Dhama drew curtains on Sunday, July 26th.
Dinesh Amin, media adviser of the state Chief Minister was the special guest on this occasion.
Addressing the gathered he said, in the country more than the election politics, the cultural politics is gaining momentum. Majority of the people are struggling unable to respond to it. The future literature –culture is gaining a terrible form. The culture is changing. To know the true Indian Culture, we need to explore into the core. We need to find the answer for weather casteism, racial discrimination, and un-touchability, are the culture of the nation, said Dinesh Amin Mattu.
MLA J R Lobo presided over the ceremony. District In-charge minister B Ramanath Rai, and journalist B M Haneef spoke on this occasion.
On the dais, MLA Mohiuddin Bava, MLC Ivan D’Souza, Director of Kananda and Culture Department K A Dayananada, coordinator of Rashtriya Santhakavi Kanakadasa study and Research centre Kaa. Ta. Chikkanna, Karnataka Sahitya Academy president Prof Malathi Pattanna Shetty, Konkani Sahitya Acdemy president Roy Castelino, Tulu Sahitya Academy president M Janaki Bramhavar, Gangamma Kesahav Murthy of Sangeetha Nrithya Academy, Lalitakala Academy president M S Murthy, ShilpaKala Academy president Mahadevappa Shambu Lingappa Shetty, president of Yakshagana Bayalata academy Belagallu Veeranna, Kodava Sahitya Academy President S Thammaiah, Are Bashe and Samskriti Sahitya Academy president Kolyada Girish, and executive director of Pilikula Nisarga Dhama S A Prabhakara Sahrma were present.
President of Bearys academy B A Mohammed Haneef welcomed the gathering. Lecturer Bhaskar Rai Kukkuvalli compeered the event.