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Kites of antithetic sizes, shapes, patterns, and myriad colours dotted the Hubballi skyscape arsenic the two-day International Kite Festival began connected the outskirts of Hubballi connected Saturday with kite flyers from crossed the state and overseas participating successful it.
As the kites of unsocial shapes and sizes fluttered successful the aerial dotting the wide skies, hundreds of radical cheered and rejoiced, and fewer adjacent tried their hands astatine flying the kites.
Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti on with Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad inaugurated the festival by flying kites. The kite festival is portion of the ‘Samsadara Kreeda Mahotsava’ during which assorted games, including indigenous games, are held.
Lauding the initiative, Mr. Horatti said that the festival provided an accidental to children to travel retired the shackles of mobile addiction and unit of studies. He called upon the children to larn desi games and thereby sphere them on with preserving the civilization and practice of the country.
Mr. Joshi said that the ‘Samsadara Kreeda Mahaotsava’ was being held from the past 7 years arsenic per the proposition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and this twelvemonth astir hundreds of sportspersons and wide nationalist had participated successful the competitions.
Recalling his puerility days erstwhile kites were made astatine home, Mr. Joshi said that kite flying was portion of Indian civilization and emphasised the request for passing it connected to the adjacent generation.
Kite flyers Keerti Suranjan, Chandesh Kaddi and Prasanna, who question astir the state participating successful kite festivals, said that they were encouraged by the overwhelming effect of the people, which they said would motivate them to travel up with caller designs.
Along with kite festival and indigenous games, philharmonic concerts are being held during the two-day event.
