Pramod Madhwaraj Releases Logo of Adventure Festival and Udupi Parba
Udupi: Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fisheries Pramod Madhwaraj released the logo of Udupi Adventure Festival and Udupi Parba at Hotel Lotus here on December 15 .
Udupi Adventure Festival will be organised by General Thimmayya National Academy of Adventure in association with Udupi district administration, Tourism department, Youth empowerment and sports department, Nirmiti Kendra and Malpe Beach development committee.
Addressing the gathering Pramod Madhwaraj said that the Udupi Parba and Udupi adventure festival will be organised for three days from December 29 to 31. General Thimmayya National Academy Of Adventure will organise national-level swimming in the sea, speed wall climbing, marathon, cycling, skateboarding and other adventure sports.
To introduce the traditional coastal cuisine, there will be food stalls at the Udupi Parba. An attractive fireworks display will be held on the concluding day.
Live show by popular drummer Sivamani will be organised on December 29 at 8 pm at the Malpe Beach. Apart from this, a Magic show by Prahlad Acharya, Musical night, Alva’s cultural festival, Dog Show, Photography contest, Drawing and Cartoon contest, Wine Festival, Scuba Diving Festival will also be held.
He further said, “Udupi Parba” and adventure festival is being organised to promote tourism in the district”.
For the first time in the history of Udupi district, the First National Junior Open Water Swimming Championship will be held on December 30 and 31 at the Malpe Beach. The Championship is being organised by the Karnataka Swimming Association and Swimming Federation of India in Association with the Udupi District Administration. The National level winners will be qualifying for the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship which will be held in 2018.
Udupi Zilla Panchayat President Dinakar Babu, CMC President Meenakshi Madhava, Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis, ZP CEO Shivananda Kapasi, Manohar Shetty, Purushotham Shetty, Dr Roshan Kumar Shetty and others were present.
