Launch of the Kittur Rani Chennamma Vijaya Jyoti tour at Vidhana Soudha. Photo: DIPR.
Bengaluru: The Kittur Rani Chennamma festival will be held in Kittur, Belagavi district, from October 23 to 25, with the Vijaya Jyoti torch tour launched in Bengaluru ahead of the three-day event.
Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi, who is also the Belagavi district in-charge minister, launched the tour near the grand steps at Vidhana Soudha’s eastern entrance.
The tour is part of the festival being organised jointly by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, the Belagavi district administration and the Department of Kannada and Culture.
It is intended to commemorate Rani Chennamma’s struggle against British rule and introduce people to her ideals of courage, patriotism, freedom and self-respect.
MLA Babasaheb Patil, Madivala Rajendra Swami of Kalamath and Panchakshari Mahaswami were among those present at the launch. Cultural and folk-art troupes from Bijjaragi performed at the programme.
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