The temple, that houses the idol of the cursed mythical warrior, and is located in a narrow Pangul galli off Ganpat galli in the heart of the city, is believed to be the second in India. Devotees perform ‘lotangan’ (urulu seve) to pay their respects to the epic character of the ‘Mahabharata’ on the occasion. […]
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School Chalaye Hum: Gouri Gajbar
‘School Chale Hum’ was a famous song back in the 90s which was been telecast on Doordarshan and Akashvani. Made for the ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan’, the video shows the efforts of the Government put in to make sure that millions of children, who were deprived of school education, finally get to sit in a classroom […]
Veer Savarkar was arrested in Belgaum in 1950
First Published May 2009 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, commonly known as Swatantryaveer Savarkar was a fearless freedom fighter, social reformer, writer, dramatist, poet, historian, political leader, and philosopher. On 04 April 1950 he was arrested and detained in Belgaum (Hindalga) jail on the eve of the arrival of Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali in Delhi for […]
Do’s and Dont’s Novel Coronavirus
by Dr.Madhav Prabhu Concerns are now being raised about a new global epidemic that is knocking at our doorsteps the coronavirus infection. With India recording our first few confirmed cases and many more suspects we can no longer ignore this threat. The recent epidemic which originated in Wuhan China was first recorded in December 2019 […]
1890 Ad of photo studio of Belgaum
by Govind S. Welling This is an advertisement published in about 1890, when the Welling’s had just moved into Cantonment, the Church of England already existed hence Church Road, (Lytton Road now) not to be confused with Church street in Camp, which name is given much later! The Welling’s originally came from Goa, the village […]