Minister makes an offering to Swarna river
The Hindu
The river is the lifeline of Udupi town
Udupi district in-charge and Energy, Kannada and Culture Minister V. Sunil Kumar made an offering (bagina) to river Swarna, the lifeline of Udupi town, near Sheembra Siddivinayaka Temple in Manipal.
The then Udupi in-charge minister late V.S. Acharya had commenced the practice of offering bagina to Swarna as thanksgiving when the river is full. Udupi district administration and the City Municipal Council had jointly organised the programme.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.