Sources told this blog that officials have already visited the site a few days back and work is expected to begin soon.
The Golf Course, set up by the Belgaum Golf Association at Desur, is an 18 hole, 72 par, 7200 yards Golf Course. This is the first public initiative for such facilities in the whole of the Northern Karnataka-Goa region.

There is the IT park at Desur which is in the vicinity of the proposed resort.

Deputy Conservator of Forests Girish Hosur has now taken keen interest in developing this mini zoo and is trying to get grandeur to it. We all have grown up seeing the deers, Peacocks, rabbits at the Military Mahadev but the mini zoo is now developing and worth a visit.

New enclosures have been built at a cost of Rs. 40 lakh. A black buck enclosure and aviary are also ready.

When have u seen a White peacock in Belgaum, now one can see it at the Mini zoo. The mini zoo has added 60 more birds of different species in its family, including White Peacock at Bhutramanahatti in Belgaum thanks to the Forest department.

9 different species of birds have been brought from Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens of Mysore. Silver Pigeon and White Peacock are the most important amongst the species housed in here presently.

The new birds at the Zoo comprise – White Peacock (2), Grey Jungle Fowl (2), Silver Pigeon (7), Plum Headed Parakeet (6), Common Ring Necked Pigeon (6), Lovebirds (10), Peach Faced Lovebirds (10), Cockatiel (10) and Lady Amherst’s Pheasant (7), Black Buck (2). It also houses crocodiles, deers, rabbits etc.

Along with getting new species to the zoo, a new facelift is being given to the zoo by way of beautification works.

Zoo Authority of Karnataka recently released Rs.35 lakhs out of which 10 lakhs have been used for the bird aviary. A new Pheasant Tree is also being built.

Sambars would be the new additions to the zoo soon and also many new things like a full fledged restaurant is also planned. Even a rope way has been made for the kids to enjoy and many more games based on physical activities are planned and are being deployed.

The Mini Zoo is open on Weekdays from 10.30 am to 5 pm with a small entry fee.

The seminar features talks by eminent Historians, Archeologists, Numismatics experts, and scholars at large on various interesting topics ranging from Temple Architectures, Tourism, Art and Architecture, alterative explanations for various historical uncovered facets etc. Some of the eminent historians like Dr.Padigar (Karnataka Univ), Dr. S.K. Joshi (Sup.Archeologist- Retd), Dr. Karuna Vijayendra, danceau and art historian, Dr.Devarakondareddi , renowned epigraphist and many others will speak. The sessions will be well attended by professors, students, scholars and people who have an interest and flair for Indian History. There are various articles invited to be published in the commemoration volume – “PrachyaNidhi”, and interested people are welcome to contribute articles in Kannada, Marathi or English. For more details please contact – http://kiabgm.wordpress.com/(Currently the site is in Kannada only, but we have plans to add English also).

Karnataka Itihasa Academy was founded by some of the eminent historians of India including Dr.G.S.Dixit, Dr.Suryanath Kamat and has the patronage of international scholars like Dr.A.Sundara, Dr.H.SGopal Rao etc. KIA has been active in spreading awareness about Indian History and the importance of keeping our Heritage safe. It provide platform to upcoming historical researchers by publishing their articles in its journal Itihas Darshan.

Belgaum chapter is the active wing of KIAS in north Karnataka, trying to conduct events of various kinds including Heritage Walks, “Save Heritage” campaigns, Photo Exhibitions and Field camps for students and teachers. The Belgaum chapter group consists of a diverse group of people with diverse background – Professors, Teachers, Engineers, Doctors, Businessmen etc. with a single common interest – “Indian History and Heritage” under the guidance of Dr. Mrs. Smita Surebankar, HoD, RPD College(History).

Interested people (from any walk of life but with this common interest) who wish to join the group or for any other queries can contact: Manjunath Hadli (+919743708383) or email at manjunath.hadli@gmail.com

Medical education minister S A Ramdas made this statement in Mysore after inaugurating the Red ribbon express.

Mamkaha Pandavaschaiv Kimkurvat Sanjay
The Bhagavad Gita has been told to the world in various ways for so many decades and here are THREE Belgaumites who have made a new 2D animated Bhagavad Gita.

This is directorial debut of Santosh Patil of Belgaum. This Animated film has a graceful combination of graphics and animation in its 18 chapters, 700 Sanskrit verses with Hindi translation and English subtitles. Santosh’s idea was to present the Bhagavad Gita from as many angle of vision as possible-literally, visually and musically.

Vistaas Digital Media Private Limited has produced this and music has been given by Belgaumite Sagar Patil and all songs have been sung by another Belgaumite Rohan Kamat. The entire duration of the DVD is 8 Hours and 42 mins.

Debutant director Santosh told this blog, “When I was with this concept, I was like meeting daily for music director and making some good sample but at the end I was not satisfied. A friend told me about Sagar Patil she gave me his contact details then I have contacted him for the same and what he has rendered is now infront of you, super awesome.”

Sagar Patil & Rohan Kamat

“I never know that I could find my crew from Belgaum only” added Santosh.

The Musical Bhagavad Gita is easy to understand and pronounce Sanskrit with the help of music and the meaning of that Sanskrit verse is in character Animation because it’s easy to visualize that scenario.

The same has been telecast on Airtel DTH on iDarshan

One can also watch that videos on www.divineindia.com and DVD’s are also Out.

Santosh has started his own Production House “Mosquitoes Entertainment” where he has done Post Production work for the movies check it out www.mosquitoes.co.in. Acting is also his hobby and has acted in many serials and telefilms.

Some of Santosh’s work as Director:

“Shreemad Bhagwad Geeta”- Entire Bhagwad Geeta in 2D Animation (First time in Animation series)

DVD Released on Jan 2012 across India by Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd.

“Superkid Hanumaan” 30 min 2d animated story on lord Hanuman.

“Superkid Ganesha” 30 min 2d animated story on lord Ganesha.

“Superkid” a film on child labour Produced by Mosquitoes Entertainment.

He has also worked as an Editor with several TV channels and leading production house namely Star plus, Sony SAB, Star Majha, Tv9 Mumbai and production house like UTV, B R Films, Endemol India, Deepti Bhatnagar Production Pvt Ltd. and the show Mohalla Mohabbat Wala, Bhabhi, Pari Huun Main, Yatra, Musafir huun Yaron just to mention a few.

Also one of his edited telefilm “Maati” was selected for best film for International Festival of Films on Tribal Art & Culture (IFFTAC) in 2009.

When we asked Santosh about his plans for the future? He said, “ yes of course there are some projects in pipeline with a production house. Still untitled.

In couple of months I am going to shoot Documentary film on our Belgaum for the tourist point of view, as I always wanted to show the beauty of Belgaum to the world.”

His family has given him lot of support and they believe that He can do something in this industry. Santosh says “ they(family) are my life they are my backbone.

When we asked him what is your message to the young who want to join this field? He replied,

“I am associated with institute THE FIAT (The Future Institute of Art And Technology) where last year we conducted one day workshop on animation “Anifest 2011”, with industrial professionals.

We are in plans of launching soon a complete Post Production courses (Editing, Dubbing, Visual FX) with industrial professional for our Belgaumites so that our young guns can make career in this field.

Anyone from our Belgaum needing any assistance can mail me on santosh@mosquitoes.co.in”.

Speaking to AAB, Pranesh shared his views, stating that many are unaware of what exactly the Chinese dishes of Indian kitchen are. There are many vendors or hoteliers which sell so called Chinese dish `Chicken 65′, in which chicken pieces are coated with Tandoori paste and are fried. Tandoori masala is North Indian and has nothing to do with Chinese recipes, he clarified.

Under the Chef’s guidance a Chinese food festival has been organised named “Wonder Wok” at Hotel Niyaaz opp. CBT Belgaum. A special hall has been reserved for this fest and one could try eating the noodles with the Chop sticks as well. 

The food fest will be open from 19^th April to 3^rd May 2012 from 11 to 4pm and 7 to 11pm.

Pranesh, who has a rich experience of more than a decade in his profession, has served in different top 4 star hotels of Goa and other places in India. He believes S K Mukharjee of Goa as his `Maha Guru’, who has served for 48 years in hoteling industry. Just about a month ago, Pranesh has joined Niyaz

Hotel Private Limited of Belgaum for acquiring his first experience in the busy moving `Food World’.

Pranesh Nag

Pranesh, who is an Oriental food specialist said that he has been studying the taste of Belgaum since one month, which proved to be different from the taste of Goa. He said that most of the people here prefer medium spicy food. Pranesh said, `in any hotel, waiters have a important role to play, apart

from the chef and so they have to undergo special training for the same. It is because they are the mediators between the customers and the chef. Their role is to understand the taste liked by the customer, if required guide them to choose the recipe and let the chef know, what exact taste the

customer requires,’. Where as cooking can be defined as perfect combination of art and technology done by the chef, he added.

Pranesh focused on the importance of food policy and education, cookery, hospitality, innovation, product development (research) and more, in hotel business.

May it be kitchen, house or its surroundings, maintaining cleanliness for hygienic atmosphere is a must to lead a healthy life for everyone, says Chef Pranesh Nag, according to whom, many of the people in

here are negligent about maintaining cleanliness, after they step out of their houses. The chef, who has recently migrated from Goa to Belgaum, said, `Belgaum is a wonderful place, with fascinating climate and loving people. The only thing felt negative is that many of the people throw garbage or spit anywhere, when they are out of their houses. He said that though City Corporation is responsible for maintaining the hygiene atmosphere of the city, it is also the duty of every citizen to cooperate it for doing so.

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All cities have something very unique and the Shiv Jayanti procession is just another unique event in the lives of Belgaumites. The procession of tableaux will be held on 25th evening. The procession will include various youth clubs and associations presenting and depicting some important parts of the life of Shivaji Mharaj in a lively form. Procession will begin from Nargundkar Bhave Circle, Mruti Galli, Ramdev Galli, Bogarves, Ramling Khind Galli, Tahshildar Galli and will finally end at Shivaji garden.

Mr. Prahlad Kakkar to GIT to grace the occasion and share his views and thoughts with the students. He will be delivering a special talk between 5pm to 6pm on 21st April 2012.

Belgaumites can interact with this personality of international repute and having varied interests and Belgaumites are invited wholeheartedly for the Special Talk.

Prahlad Kakkar is a leading Indian ad film director, best known for his work on the famous Pepsi TV commercial with Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar. He is the founder and main director for Genesis Film Productions, one of India’s leading production houses, established in 1977. In 1972, he joined the renowned feature director, Shyam Benegal, as an Asst. Director for films such as ‘Ankur’, ‘Manthan’, and ‘’Bhumika’.

After training under Shyam Benegal, Manjit Kakkar and Ravi Uppor, Prahlad Kakkar founded Genesis Film Productions in 1977. Today, Genesis Film Productions is considered to be one of the most highly regarded advertisement film making agencies in India.

An avid scuba diver, in 1995 he set up ‘Lacadives’, a scuba-diving school, along with his wife Mitali Kakkar at Kadmat Island, in collaboration with the Govt. of Lakshadweep. He also runs a coffee shop, and Casa Amore, a wine bar and restaurant, set up in Mumbai in 2001.

Girish decided to come back to his home land (Belgaum) and take further his career in dancing with his company ZeroG centre for performing arts.

He will now offer courses in contemporary, hip hop & b-boying which will be a 6 month course. Dance aspirants who are interested in learning these dance forms and who cant afford the fees, Girish promises a free one year training.

Venue: ZERO G dance company

Shalgar Apartments , Acharya galli, Shahpur, Belgaum.

Contact – 9538263668 , 9343420468 Emaill - girishkamanuri@gmail.com 

My trust is bright on you
With a ring above your head and the wings by your side and i just can’t stop looking at you” – single of the Band Muheera.

A group of young college mates from Belgaum travel to Goa, all would think they are here to have fun, but these folks are here with a passion and just recorded their debut album for their band “Muheera”

Prateeksha Nayak, Asmeet Prabhudesai and Shivraj Kutre form the band Muheera. All the members are college going students with Asmeet and Prateeksha pursuing their bachelors degree from Gogte College of Commerce whereas Shivraj is an architecture student at B V B College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli.

Prateeksha plays the guitar, Asmeet plays the guitar, keyboards, tabla and congo and Shivraj is a rapper.

“Muheera aims at bringing in a sense of positivity in every song ,with so much of vice and misery around, all we want to do is to put in a feel good factor in our music.”

Muheera’s first single ‘Angel’ has been loved by people nationally and internationally alike,in a span of just 2 days the song touched the 5th position all over India on the site reverbnation and 18th on the international charts on the site soundclick.com.

Their second single was ‘Ud Ja’.

Here is what Muheera had to say about their passion to us:

How did “Muheera” as a band originate? And why Muheera?

Muheera said ——-> Muheera originated way back in 2011 and was a concept by Mr. Keerthy Narayan and Mr. Roshan Alvares. Due to certain personal reasons Keerthy had to leave the city and the band stopped functioning for some months. We went through our set of highs and lows, there were many who came and left after a long wait our manager Mr. Victor Sadanand joined the band and it was all reformed in January 2012 and that is when we actually went ahead to record our very first single. Ever since things are being managed by Mr. Victor. Sadanad and Mr.Roshan Alvares,

‘MUHEERA’ the name has no specific meaning, IT IS WE WHO ARE MUHEERA, we give meaning to the name, we are MUHEERA.

Hey guys! You are just 17+ and you are making music, how does it feel?

Muheera said ——-> Being young helps in more ways than one, you get to absorb things quickly, it is at this age that a person goes through a lot of changes and doing music helps because it is easier to express in the language of music.

How is the response, what did Muheera want to achieve with their music?

Muheera said ——-> The response has been very good so far, we have fans not just from Belgaum but from the whole of India and abroad as well, there have been record number of plays and downloads to our songs in every site our songs have been put up. we have featured on a couple of prominent newspapers of Goa and have also recorded a show for Radio Mirchi, it is the start which everyone dreams of. Through our music all we wanted to achieve was to reach out to everybody out there and make people smile, think, shed a tear or two and express through our music.

You have chosen the Internet to showcase your talent any reason behind this?

Muheera said ——-> Our songs were released on the net for the simple reason of connecting with the world, we wanted a wider audience to showcase our talent and the net being the most widespread medium helped. we have been able to share our music with the world and the response was so good that our first single angel ranked 5th on the national charts and 18th on the international charts

Belgaum is more known for classical and semi classical music, how are you treated in your town with this rap and western music?

Muheera said ——-> Very true, we want to fuse classical with Western. Asmyth and Prateeksha are both training under Pt. Mukund Gore for Hindustani classical, they can sing ragas with the same elan as that of a rock or a pop number, this is the age of fusion and what better way than to fuse classical, bollywood, rock, pop and rap.

Would you folks continue the band after your studies or is it just a College days gang?

Muheera said ——-> We would never have taken things this far if that would have been the thought, we intend to go professional unlike the many college bands in the city which are formed during their respective college days and disappear as soon as they are done with their course.

Have you performed in Belgaum? If yes experiences or else when?

Muheera said ——-> We have done a couple of shows in Belgaum, one of them being our own concert. the experience has been great, it always feels special when you perform at home. We have also performed at the Marriott resort in Goa with our music producer Mr. Colin D’cruz.

How did you manage to get the finances for the video and album shooting?

Muheera said ——-> For the album recording we have been shelling out from our own pockets so far, we are halfway through with our album and the video shoot will begin as soon as the recording for the album is completed. We are looking out for sponsors who would like to sponsor the video and the album.

What is your inspiration behind your first album?

Muheera said ——-> The very thought of making an album was put forth by one of our managers Mr. Victor. Sadanand and ever since we started working on it, all we wanted to bring into our songs was truth and positivity. the two very basic traits are on the verge of being forgotten and we through our album wanted to reaffirm our faith in them.

When is your first album being released and can you tell something more about it?

Muheera said ——-> The album will be released shortly, we plan to hold a release bash in Belgaum and Goa with our Sponsors , Music Producer, Video Directors , Goa and local media and select invitees.

How has been the support from the family?

Muheera said ——-> Like every family, even our families want us to multitask with academics and music, at the end of the day we have to be doing well in our studies in order to continue making music, that poses a challenge each time, but then, what is life without some challenges??

Bands go through quite a lot during the formative years. What has been the most saddest/hardest time for the band?

Muheera said ——-> Very true, like every band we have had our set of highs and lows, as we mentioned earlier, the band was formed in 2011 and it actually started functioning in 2012, that is quite a long gap and the wait was frustrating for all of us

What you and the band has been listening lately, any particular artist or track?

Muheera said ——-> You won’t believe us if we say none of our playlists match, Plainlogic (Shivraj Kutre) has been listening to a lot of yelawolf and lowkey while Asmeet has his ipod playing coldplay and Prateeksha is listening to paul m’cartney and adele.

What do you want your fans to know about the band’s future plans… Message to your fans

Muheera said ——-> The band plans on releasing it’s first album and video shortly, after which we will work on performances in the city as well as outside,all we would like to convey to our fans is that stay tuned, keep the support coming and we love you

What do you think of Allaboutbelgaum.com?

Muheera said ——-> All about Belgaum is Belgaum’s window to the world, the coverage is super fast and all the action in the city can be known from this very page, keep up the good work.

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