From 15 to 27 October 1892 Swami Vivekananda had come to Belgaum(now Belagavi) and he resided for 9 days. The said house is in the fort where the Ramkrishna ashrama is situated. At Belagavi, he was the guest of Prof. G.S. Bhate and Sub-divisional Forest officer, Haripada Mitra. Ramakrishna Math and Mission have established a temple […]
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Gandhi and Belgaum
Some people had told Gandhiji not to attend the Belgaum(now Belagavi) session in 1924. But Gangadhar Rao Deshpande wanted Gandhiji to attend the session to give a new fillip to the freedom movement in the region. Veer Soudha is the memorial built to commemorate the 1924 congress session held at Belgaum where Mahatma Gandhi was […]
Tilak commenced Ganesh festival celebrations in Belagavi after Pune
First published on Sep 10, 2010- Lokmanya Tilak was fighting against the British rule and wanted something to be done publicly which would get people together which will eventually help in the freedom struggle. In 1905, Tilak commenced the idea of celebrating the Ganesh Festival on a Public basis(Sarvajanik). Since then, the same is followed even […]
The Quintessence of Belgaum
First published in Aug 2010 by Late Ollie D. Oliveira Generations of us have passed through its environs and tasted the lasting imprint of its ethos. Is there anyone, whether still living in a good place or relocated to other climes who can truly say that they bear the marks of their early formation from […]
Have you seen this Belagavi?
If you have seen Bal Shivaji in Azad cinema, and know that Radio was once a movie theatre, you’re probably of the generation that has seen Belagavi in the prime of its old-world charm, just on the cusp of the building-boom. As you pass through many of its streets and roads and wonder where the […]