Bahrain : As part of its decennial, Mogaveers Bahrain conducted a Rangoli and Drawing Contest at the Karnataka Social Club Auditorium at Gudaibia in Bahrain. The theme of the paointing contest  was World Environment Day while the participants of the Rangoli contest had to  depict Indian culture.

Several enthusiasts took part in the competitions which were inaugurated by Vincent Sequeira, President of Karnataka Social Club  by  painting a green tree on a white board and Leeladhar Baikampady. President of Mogaveers Bahrain  by drawing a flower Rangoli.

Rajesh B Shetty, President of  the Bahrain Kannada Sangha,  Naveen Shetty, Chief Sponsor and Leeladhar Baikampady gave away prizes to the winners. Sharmila Bhasker, Vice President of Mogaveers Bahrain, Suresh Amin, Entertainment Secretary and Girish Idya, Programme co-ordinator distributed certificates to all participants.

Krishna Suvarna, KB Jagadish Acharya andPrasanna Shetty, leader of  various organisations were present on the dais.

Naveen Mendonca, Girish Idya and Bhasker Kanchan were the Co-Sponsors of the event. D Ramesh, Sunil Shetty, Bharath Shetty,Harish Palan, Bhasker Acharya, Ratnaker Acharya and  Sucheth Hejmady assisted in the  successful conduct of the programme.

Lolakshi Rajararam, Doomanna Rai and George were the judges.

The programme commenced with a prayer by Sharvani Manjunth. General Secretary Naveen Karkera and Treasurer Chandra Mendon compered the programme.

The winners : Rangoli Contest :

1.      Sharvani Manjunath

2.      Savitha Natesh and Poornima Jagadish

3.      Santosh Acharya

Drawing contest (5 to 8 yrs category)

1.      Tanvi Ravindra Kotian

2.      Reva Ranjan Idya

3.      Poorvaja Jagadish

Drawing contest ( 8-12 years category)

1.     Chirashree Raghavendra Shettigar

2.     Rishith Rajesh Shetty

3.     Diya Kanchan

Drawing Contest (12 to 16 years category)

1.    Ashwitha Satish Malpe

2.    Harsha Ashok

3.    Amogh Salian