Mangalore, Feb 27: The Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy organized the district-level Beary Talent Competitions for primary and high school students at Town Hall on Feb 27, Sunday. Over 650 students participated in this event.
K. T. Shailaja Bhat, the president of the Zilla Panchayat, inaugurated the event in the presence of chief guests MLA U. T. Khader; Moses Jayashekar, the jurisdictional block education officer; Usman Haji, the president of the DK Wakf Board; and Abdul Majid Suralpady, the president of the All India Beary Parishad.
The competition comprised 14 divisions such as elocution competition, painting, pick and speak, story telling, skits, madarangi, mimicry, essay writing, discussions, quiz, poetry writing, and kolata.
M. B. Abdul Rahman, the president of the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy presided over the event. Umarabba, P Mohammed, and other members of the academy were also present.