INAUGURATION OF "KSHEERA BINDU" (MILK DAIRY) BUILDING

The co-operative movement in the coastal districts of  Karnataka is gaining grounds.  One  such  movement named "Heradi Milk Producers' co-operative Society",  established  in  the  year 1987  with only 53 members contributing Rs. 2000 in  total,  as share  capital has grown year by year and is now  having  215  members in  its rolls. The society is collecting more than 500 liters of milk per day and caters to the needs of its members and the local people.

The society has constructed its own building named "Ksheera Bindu" and the same was inaugurated on 26^th  February. While Mr. Shantharam Shetty performed the inauguration, Mr. Diwakar Shetty, President of Milk Federation, presided  over  the  ceremony.  Mr. Niranjan Hegde, Taluk  Pachayath  member,  Mr. A Jagadeesh Karanth,  Mr. B. Shankar, Mrs. Bharathi Kamath were the guests.

The  society is  having the  following  members  as  its  board of directors :

Mr. G. P. Surendra Shetty,             President

Mr. S. Chandrashekar Shetty,         Director

Mr. G. Nagayya Shetty,                 do

Mr. Karunakar Shetty,                   do

Mr. H. M. Pereira,                         do

Mr. Uday Kumar Shetty,                do

Mrs. Asha Bangera,                      do

Mrs. Sharada Devadiga,                 do

Mrs. Rukmini Bai                           do

The Board of Directors is making all out efforts in improving the economic standards  of its  members by arranging various awareness programmes.

-Harry  D'Souza

SAD DEMISE  - RETD TEACHER MRS MARCELLINE FURTADO

Popularly known as Marceline Teacher, in the St.Anthony’s Higher Primary School, Airody Sastan, who served here for almost 35 long years, as senior assistant, breathed her last on Monday, 2^nd March, at City Hospital, 9.30 a.m.

The funeral will be held at St.Anthony’s Church at 4.00 p.m. on Wednesday, 5^th March 2003. Youngest daughter –in-law of Late Gasper Furtado of Nagermutt, Barkur, survived by husband Mr. A.C.Peter Furtado, and two sons, Charles and Jossie, both at present serving in Bahrain.

Barkur.com conveys its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members.

Control of monkeys in coconut orchards.

Red faced monkey is a serious pest and is a matter of concern in some coconut growing regions.  These monkeys usually raid orchards in groups. They pluck far more coconuts than they can eat and play with them tossing them all around in the orchard. Killing the monkeys is forbidden by tradition and hence the only way to tackle them is to drive out the marauders from the orchards.

Here is an innovative method devised by local farmers.

Eatables like bananas, dried coconut kernel, groundnuts, jaggery etc., which the monkeys are fond of are neatly packed into tidy parcels and left in the orchard where the monkeys can spot them. Generally the monkey troupe is led by a hefty and healthy monkey. The moment the leader spies a packet of goodies, he opens it and has a hearty repast; all others in the troupe copy him and do likewise. The farmer continues to bait them for several days and all the while also changes the quality of the food packet.

Once the monkeys are lulled into security, the farmer springs his surprise; he keeps a dead snake in the packet along with the eatables. When the leader of the group as usual opens the packet and starts eating he is startled at finding the dead snake and starts yelling with fright. The screaming monkey begins to run away from the orchard but being too scared even to drop the snake; he continues to hold the dead snake by its hands. Even after having run four to five kilometers the monkey can still be found clutching the snake. Thus scared out of their wits, the troupe will not return to the orchard for a couple of months at least.

-Our USA Correspondant 

Excavations at Fort area of historical Barkur 

Excavations at Fort area of historical Barkur started on Wednesday, 26^th February 2003, at 4.30 p.m. This being a three yearlong project will unearth forgotten legacies of Barkur, known from early Christian era, about 2000 years.

As per Dr.S.Nagaraju and Dr. B.Narasimayya, Bangalore based Mythic Society will lead the work under patronage of Central archaeological department and local Govind Pai Research Center of Udupi.

This is first ever such exercise in the Districts of Udupi, and D.K.as well, will definitely throw light on Tulu Culture, royal heritage and commerce, trade with neighboring countries of different ages.

Barkur.com team expect the local citizens and educational institutions, to extend their co-operation, in completing this mission, and happy to be involved in this and flash / publish related information time to time.

Courtesy & Information: AYA Nagermutt.

Lecture on the Inscriptions around Barkur

The third in the series of lectures organized by Prasaaraanga of Mangalore University in association with Government First Grade College for the year 2002-2003 was held at GFG College Barkur. 

Dr. Jagadeesh Shetty , Head of Department of Histoty at Poorna Prijna College Udupi delivered the lecture on the subject “ Inscriptions around Barkur”.  Dr. K Abhay Kumar , Director , Prasaaraanga , welcomed and introduced the speaker to the audience. Dr. K Nikethana , acting principal presided over the function. History lecturer of the college Mr. Ganesh Pai conducted the proceedings and Mr. Surendra Shetty gave vote of thanks.

The historical sites at Barkur are being cleaned and provided with solar lights by the Archeological Department. Basadi area is one already benefited with the scheme, which is a welcome move by the department. Meanwhile excavations at the Fort area started yesterday. 

We are in touch with Dr. Jagadeesh Shetty, who is the brother of Late Dr. Vasantha Shetty , who wrote a thesis over the history of Barkur ,to get more information on the history of Barkur and will publish a interview with Dr. Jagadeesh Shetty in couple of days.

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