Mumbai, September 24: Nitte Vishwa Vidyalaya in Mangalore will be celebrating Tulu Day on this Saturday, September 28, and Tulu’s famous poet Dr. ’Amrita Nempu’ will be celebrated in the memory of Amrita Someshwara and on the occasion, Ailesa The Voice of Ocean (R) will be released the first Koraga song ’Koojina Patu’. On this occasion, in memory of Amrita, a collection of his handwritten books will be handed over to Nitte University.
The immediate past chancellor of Nitte University, Prof. Dr Satish Kumar Bhandari will preside over the program and the guests will be Amrita Someshwar’s son, Sahitya Dr. Chetan Someshwar, Nitte Vishwa Vidyalaya Professor Dr Gopal Mugeraya and famous Kannada Tulu music director V. Manohar will participate Nitte University Principal Dr. Niranjan N Chiplunkar and Chancellor of Nitte Vishwa Vidyalaya Professor Dr Harsha Halahalli said.
Dr. Nitte University Saigeeta Hegde, Sasikumar Shetty, Dr Dr. Narasimha Bailkeri and Ailesa are its charioteers Rameshchandra Ananth Rao, Kavi Shantaram Shetty will jointly coordinate the program while Gopal Patte and Vivekananda Mandekar will handle the technical background. Ailesa’s singers are Dr. Sudhakar Shetty Sushila, Prakash Pavanje, Atmaram Alva, Sumakote, Ajesh Charmadi will be singing the lyrics of Amrita Someshwara. ILESA media coordinator Surendra Marnadu said that the program will be held with the cooperation of Palli Vishwanath Shetty and Narendra Kabbinale.
Babu Koraga pangala-Lyrics
Chetan Khushi Kulal Singer
Creative head Shantaram Shetty
NITTE Kishore Shetty _ Producer Sponcer
V manohar MUsic Director
Koojina Patu is the first Koraga language song:
Koojina Patu is a song celebrating the birth of a girl child and will be the first song to be released in the full Koraga language of Tulunad aboriginal race. Babu Koraga of Panga, who has specialized in Koraga lyrics, has given the best lyrics for this song. Renowned music director V. Manohar has adapted the original tribal music and the song has been melodious in the voice of Chetan Khushi Kulal, a rising singer from Mangalore. This song is sponsored by Kishore Shetty, General Counsel of Schneider Electric Group, through the Ailesa Foundation, in order to save and develop the Koraga language which is the official language of Tulunad.