You are invited

The annual parish feast of St. Peter’s Church is being celebrated on 19^th and 20^th of December this year. As the tradition goes every year the feast is celebrated by some family in Barkur to thank the Lord for the favors received . This year Mrs. Theresa (Lobo) D’Souza, Wife of Late Benedict D’Souza of Kacchur and her children are the traditional Pirjenths of the festivities.

Vespers are on 19^th December at 6.45 pm and the annual feast day high mass is at 10 am on 20^th December. Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius Paul Pinto, Archbishop Emeritus, Archdiocese of Bangalore will be chief celebrant.

The D’Souza Family humbly request you all to attend these celebrations at the church and also for the fellowship meal at their residence on both these days. They say that their joy will be enhanced by your presence. They also added that friends and relatives those who have not received the invitations by now should treat this as the family's personal invitation.

barkuronline.com  release by Dolphy D Souza, S/O Mrs.Theresa DSouza

Festive season at Barkur.

Looks like Barkur is returning to its vibrant self once again. The long dismal look that was cast on the town seems to have lifted. The inauguration of the new bridge has shifted   the life into  the higher gears. And the festive season this year seems to be more colorful and meaningful and Barkur is bustling with activities.

Today two festivities coincided with each other and gave a perfect example of the communal harmony that prevails at Barkur which is rare commodity  elsewhere now a days.  Bennekudru Kulasthree Shri Masthi Amma Temple and devotees celebrated their annual festivities and Parishioners of St. Peter’s Church took out their  Eucharistic Procession in preparation for the annual Parish Feast to be held on 19^th and 20^th of December.

The road leading to Bennekudru temple from Kalchapra is beautifully decorated  with large number of banners that displayed the Shlokas from the Bhavadgeetha. Thousands of devotees of Bennekudru temple were seen visiting the place from all over Udupi and Dakshina Kannada district and that lead to a first ever traffic jam that Barkur witnessed! The vehicles on the road from Saraf Bidi Kadu to Bennekudru temple came to a standstill for about 3 hrs in the noon and were relieved only after the involvement of the local police.  

The roads around the church were decorated by the each wards from the parish and the Eucharistic Procession took off at 5.15 pm. Rev. Fr.Valerian  D’Souza, Director of the St.Joseph’s Engineering College concelebrated the high mass with Rev. Fr. Remigeous Aranha and along with two other priests from the Pilar Fathers of Kallianpur.

The route of the procession and road to the temple were crossed from Chanda’s Soda Shop to Maryknoll High School  and both Hindu and Christian banners displayed co existed peacefully all through this stretch of the street.

News Kishoo, Barkur. Pics: Allan Crasta.

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An outlet for booking Bajaj Two Wheelers and Servicing Centre is scheduled  for opening in   Decemnber   2006 in  Car-street  under the proprietorship of Mrs.V. Venkatramana Bhandary. We will give you more details as and when we have them.

The First Petrol Pump in Barkur will be opened officially on Friday the 1^st December 2006  near the  newly opened Bridge.   Mr.Ajith Kumar  Shetty son of Retired Head Master Sri K Chandrashekar Shetty, Nadumane, Barkur is the Propritor of the Pump.

News bits sent by M.Jayadeva Bhat, Manager , Corp Bank , Heradi

The New Bridge at Barkur Officially Inaugurated.

Barkur, a historical little town which had almost been disconnected from other parts for over 2 years is now geared up once again and connected to the rest of the world!

The renovated bridge was thrown open for public use on Sunday November 26.  A bright smile could be seen on the faces of people after a gap of two years ever since the bridge had been declared unfit for use.  People had either rely on ferry boats or buses that plied via Kavadi-Saligrama to Barkur for all this long.

The new bridge declared open by the Fuel and Public Works Department Minister H.D. Revanna.  District Care Taker Minister V.S. Acharya cut the ribbon.

Speaking on the occasion, Misnister H D Revanna said that the all the bridges on National Highways No.17, 48 and 13 are in bad condition and its planned to rebuild all these bridges. Engineers are already instructed to prepare the estimation for the project. He also added that the stare government has planned to reconstruct the roads of Shiradi Ghat at a cost of Rs.100 crores. Brahmavar MLA Jayaprakash Hegde presided over the function that followed the inauguration at the premises of the new Petrol Station.

Minister V S Acharya stressed on the need to build a direct highway between Dharmasthala, Kollur and between Bajpe Airport and Manipal.

Kundapur MLA Haladi Shrinivasa Shetty, Jilla Panchayath President Shankar Poojari, Jilla Panchayath member Sathish Poojari, Barkur Panchayath President B . Shantharam Shetty and others were present at the occasion.

The bridge contractor Ismail and construction in charge Rahim and Joseph were felicitated. PWD Mangalore Zone Manager Nataraj welcomed and Udupi Zone Manager Suresh Shetty proposed the vote of thanks. Govindaraj Hegde and Ashok Kumar conducted the proceedings.

Pictures : Alwyn Andrade, Mayura Digitals, Brahmavar