BELAGAVI: Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations began in this border district since midnight itself with Kannada groups organising various events at Rani Chennamma Circle.
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The celebration began with cutting of a cake and there were cultural programmes by young children. Fireworks added to the fervour of the celebration.
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On Tuesday morning, the Kannada flag was hoisted at the district stadium and a huge procession of tableaux was taken out. A 10,000-foot-long Kannada flag was also taken out in the procession. Meals with holige were also organised for about one lakh people by the Hukkeri Hiremath at the Sardar Maidan.
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Elsewhere, two state transport buses were decorated with flowers, Kannada flags, portraits of Goddess Bhuvaneshwari and late actor Puneeth Rajkumar.
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Meanwhile, the Black Day programme organised by the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) saw poor response with only a handful turning up. The activists had invited Shiv Sena leaders to Belagavi, but the police had created checkposts at the border villages.
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Kolhapur Shiv Sena district president Vijay Devane tried to enter Belagavi from the Kuganolli checkpost but was turned away by the police.