My News Article/Pics -Nakre Sri Mahalingeshwara Temple's annual UTSAVA -2010

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Kindly read my media coverage on various News web portal and Newspapers regarding the annual mahotsav of my native Nakre's Sri Mahalingeshwara Temple, which was held from 22.01.2010 to 26.01.2010. I welcome your suggestions and comments...

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in GULFKANNADIGA.COM : http://www.gulfkannadiga.com/news-18028.html

in BELLEVISION.COM : http://www.bellevision.com/index.php?action=topnews&type=163

in KEMMANNU.COM : http://www.kemmannu.com/articles/index.asp?id=258

in DAIJIWORLD.COM : http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=71498&n_tit=Karkala%3A+Nakre+Mahalingeshwara+Temple+Annual+Festival+Held

UDAYAVANI (Manipal Edition) :

and in Mumbai's leading Kannada DAILY, "KARNATAKA MALLA" dated 01.02.2010...

NAKRE MANOJ S SHETTY
MUMBAI
manojsshetty@gmail.com

Nakre Mahalingeshwara Temple Annual Festival 2010 Held

News & Pics: Nakre Manoj Shetty, Mumbai Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala (RD/SB)   Karkala, Jan 30: The annual festival of Mahalingeshwara temple, Nakre near here was held for four days, along with various religious rituals, recently.   The silver trident donated by Mumbai hotelier Nakre Chandrakanth Shetty was taken in a procession to the temple. Four-day Utsav was offered motion by temple managing trustee Vishwanath Naik, led by Puttur Hayavadana Tantri and temple chief priest Anantapadmanabha Bhat by hoisting the flag.   Mahapuja and various religious rituals were held at the temple for four days along with free food offerings to devotees. Renowned magician Sudhama entertained the viewers with a magnificent show on the second day.    Ayyappa Bhajana Mandali, Nakre also organized a devotional music on the third day. Nemotsav to deities Mahisandaya and Dhoomavati, Banta Daivas at the temple premises was held on the night of fourth day.    The four-day festivities concluded with lowering the flag. Temple managing committee, temple priests and Nakre villagers worked for the success of the celebration.

Congrats Dr. Chetan Shetty.. We BUNTS proud of you Sir...

MUMBAI: If all goes well, Appu could well be Mumbai’s own miracle baby. He doesn’t have a name yet but the nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care

Unit (NICU) of Holy Family, Bandra, have christened him Appu. He is possibly among the youngest prematurely born babies to make it to three weeks of age anywhere in the world. He was reportedly born on December 23 while his mother was in her 23rd week of pregnancy.

Appu had a twin brother as well who passed away within 24 hours of birth. He, however, is a doughty fighter although the odds appear stacked against him. According to world statistics, less than 1% of children who are born before 23 weeks (less than six months) of pregnancy survive and may suffer severe disabilities. “I am waiting to celebrate his first month of survival,’’ says his father Amar Patil, a Borivli resident who is employed with a multinational bank.

But it will be a few more months of NICU before Appu’s story hits a happy and healthy note. On Thursday, the neonate gave his parents, doctors and nurses an anxious time as his oxygen levels plunged. Higher antibiotics, oxygen cylinders and increased vigilance are the latest prescription in Appu’s life that is measured a day at a time. Late on Thursday night, his father Amar Patil told TOI: “He is fine. The breathing problem has subsided.’’

Appu weighed 905 gm at birth and now weighs 820 gm. The neonatologist, Dr Chetan Shetty, who is managing him in the NICU, says that, “In terms of maturity of organs, I have never seen babies smaller than this.’’ Neonatologists assess newborns on three factors—weight, maturity and gestation period. “Doctors have managed to save children born with a body weight of 500 gm. Appu was born at little less than 6 months, but his weight at 900 gm helped,’’ says his doctor.

The hospital used a two-point forumla. “We didn’t go by the book and test his blood twice every day as we wanted to minimise prick points that could get infected. Secondly, we kept him in an old-fashioned incubator instead of the modern-day open air warmers as we wanted to minimise contact,’’ says Dr Shetty.

While Appu’s parents and doctors want the world to know that it’s possible to save the tiniest of babies, the medical fraternity is sceptical. Given Appu’s weight of 900 gm at birth, doctors feel he must have been more than five-and-a-half months old in the womb.

“Given his weight, it is unlikely that he was born at 23 weeks,’’ says a senior doctor who didn’t want to be named. Another doctor points out that in twin pregnancies children weighs much lesser than the normal 3-plus kg. “I can understand a single foetus at 800 gm being born at 23 weeks of pregnancy managing to survive, but a twin at 900-plus gm has to be older,’’ he says.

Says senior neonatologist Dr Bhupinder Avasti from Lilavati Hospital, “Local doctors have managed to help many premature babies weighing 500 gm. At 23 weeks, most babies would weight 400 gm. Even in the West, statistics show that only one in six born at 23 weeks have survived with all brain functions intact. If a child is born at 24 weeks, he or she would weigh 500 to 600 gm and has a 50% chance of survival,’’

Senior gynacelogist Dr Suchitra Pandit of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital says, “It is medically impossible that a 23-week foetus can weigh anything close to 800-900 gm. At the most, they can weight 450-500 gm.’’ The mother must have been at least 26-27 weeks pregnant, feels Pandit, adding that there must have been some “gross miscalculation’’ in calculation of pregnancy. Dr Pandit said that the survival rate of premature twins in a well-equipped NICU would be close to 80%.

Appu’s mother, Sarita, meanwhile is waiting for the time when she can hold her baby instead of fleetingly touching him. “I am praying to God,’’ she adds.

Burj Khalifa Opening Ceremony

ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಅತೀ ಎತ್ತರದ ಸಮುಚ್ಚಯದ 100 ನೇ ಮಹಡಿಯ ಒಡೆಯ: ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ ಪದ್ಮಶ್ರೀ ಡಾ.ಬಿ.ಆರ್.ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ

English version at below: 100 Reasons for Dr. B R Shetty to Smile

 

ದುಬೈ: ಬುರ್ಜ್ ಖಲೀಫಾದಲ್ಲಿ ( ಬುರ್ಜ್ ದುಬೈ) ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ!

 

ಮೂಲತಃ ಉಡುಪಿ (ಕಾಪು)ಯ ಬಾವಗುತ್ತು ರಘುರಾಮ

ಶೆಟ್ಟಿಯವರು 50ಕೋಟಿಯ ಖಲೀಫಾದ 100ನೇ ಮಹಡಿಯ ಒಡೆಯ. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಶೆಟ್ಟರ ನಿವಾಸ...141ನೇ ಮಾಳಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶೆಟ್ಟರ ಬರ್ಜರಿ ಆಫೀಸು!

 

ಹೌದು. ಮೂಲತಃ ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯವರಾದ ಬಾವಗುತ್ತು ರಘುರಾಮ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ಬುರ್ಜ್ ಖಲೀಫಾ ದಲ್ಲಿ 100 ನೇ ಮಹಡಿ ಖರೀದಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅವರು ವೆಚ್ಚ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು ಬರೋಬ್ಬರಿ 50 ಕೋಟಿ.

 

ವಿಶ್ವದಲ್ಲೇ ಕುತೂಹಲ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿದ್ದ ಈ ಜಗತ್ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ವೈಭವೋಪೇತ ಕಟ್ಟಡ ಸೋಮವಾರ ಅದ್ಧೂರಿ ಸಮಾರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆಯಾಯಿತು.

 

ಮೊದಲ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ: ಅಬುಧಾಬಿಯ ನ್ಯೂ ಮೆಡಿಕಲ್ ಸೆಂಟರ್‌ನ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಬಾವಗುತ್ತು ರಘುರಾಮ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ವಿಶ್ವದ ವೈಭವೋಪೇತ ಕಟ್ಟಡದ 100ನೇ ಮಹಡಿ ಖರೀದಿಸಿದ ಸಂತಸದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ ಖರೀದಿಸಿರುವ ಸ್ಥಳವನ್ನು ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರು ಮತ್ತು ಅತಿಥಿಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಮೀಸಲಿಡಲು ನಿರ್ಧಾರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರಂತೆ. ಶೆಟ್ಟಿಯವರು ಖರೀದಿಸಿದ 100ನೇ ಮಹಡಿ 15 ಸಾವಿರ ಚದರ ಅಡಿಗಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಸ್ಥಳಾವಕಾಶ ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. 'ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತರೆ ವಿಶ್ವದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಸ್ಥಳ ನೋಡಿದಂತಾಗುತ್ತದೆ' ಎಂದು ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯಿಂದ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಂಡರು.

 

ವೈಭವೋಪೇತ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆ: ಸಂಜೆ ನಡೆದ ವೈಭವೋಪೇತ ಸಮಾರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ೧ ಲಕ್ಷ ಕೋಟಿ ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾದ ಬುರ್ಜ್ ದುಬೈ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆಗೊಂಡಿತು. ಸಿಡಿಮದ್ದುಗಳ ಅಬ್ಬರ, ಸಂಗೀತಗೋಷ್ಠಿಯ ಅದ್ಭುತ ಸಮ್ಮಿಳನದಿಂದಾಗಿ ಸಮಾರಂಭ ಕಳೆಕಟ್ಟಿತು. ಈ ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆಯಿಂದಾಗಿ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಕುಸಿತದಿಂದ ಕಂಗೆಟ್ಟಿದ್ದ ದುಬೈ ಮತ್ತೆ ಚೇತರಿಕೆ ಕಾಣುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಯಿದೆ.

 

ಹೊಸ ಹೆಸರು: ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆಯಾದ ದಿನವೇ ಬುರ್ಜ್ ದುಬೈಗೆ ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ಶೇಕ್ ಮಹಮ್ಮದ್ ಬಿನ್ ರಶೀದ್ ಅಲ್ ಮಕ್ತೂಮ್ ಅತಿ ಎತ್ತರದ ಕಟ್ಟಡಕ್ಕೆ ಬುರ್ಜ್ ಖಲೀಫಾ ಎಂದು ಹೆಸರಿಟ್ಟರು. ಇದೇ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ವೈಭವೋಪೇತ ಕಟ್ಟಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಪಾರ್ಟ್‌ಮೆಂಟ್ ಖರೀದಿಸಿದ್ದ ಪ್ರಮುಖರು ಹೊಸ ಮನೆಗೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶ ಪಡೆದರು.

 

ಖಲೀಫಾ ಹೈಲೈಟ್ಸ್

ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರ:ಎಮ್ಮಾರ್ ಡೆವಲಪ್ಪರ್ಸ್

ಹೈಸ್ಪೀಡ್ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಬ್ರಾಡ್‌ಬ್ಯಾಂಡ್:ಮಧ್ಯಪ್ರಾಚ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ತರ ಆಫ್ರಿಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂತಹ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯವಿರುವ ಮೊದಲ ಕಟ್ಟಡ.

೪ ಜಿ: ಶೀಘ್ರದಲ್ಲೇ ೪ಜಿ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯೂ ಜಾರಿ.

 

'ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಷ್ಟು ದುಬಾರಿ ಅಲ್ಲ'

 

'ನಾನು ಖರೀದಿ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ಬುರ್ಜ್ ದುಬೈಯ ೧೦೦ನೇ ಮಹಡಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಷ್ಟು ದುಬಾರಿ ಅಲ್ಲ'.

 

ಬುರ್ಜ್ ದುಬೈಯ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆ ಸಮಾರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರಾರು ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುತ್ತಿ ರುವ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲೇ  ಕರೆಗೆ ಬಿ.ಆರ್. ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ನೀಡಿದ ಉತ್ತರ ಇದು.

 

ಅವರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ, 100ನೇ ಮಹಡಿಗೆ ಅವರು ನೀಡಿದ 50 ಕೋಟಿ ರು. ಮೌಲ್ಯ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ರಿಯಲ್ ಎಸ್ಟೇಟ್‌ನ ಬಿರುಸಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಿದರೆ ಕಡಿಮೆ. ಆದರೆ, ದುಬೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಷ್ಟು ಎತ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವುದೆಂದರೆ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ಸಂಗತಿ ಎಂದರು. ಈ ಮಹಡಿಯನ್ನು ಖರೀದಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಎಂದು ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಅನಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂದೂ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ಹೇಳಿದರು.

 

100 Reasons to Smile

 

4 January 2010. Burj Dubai. That will be the new address of Dr B.R.Shetty, the Managing Director and CEO of NMC Group.

 

Dr Shetty is one of the select few to be able to call the world's most prestigious address home.

 

As the world's tallest building opens its doors today, the happiest lot are perhaps those who are going to enjoy the pleasure and privilege of high living from 19th to 108th floors of the magnificent tower that offers breathtaking views like nowhere else in the world.

 

Like the owners of other 899 residences, Dr Shetty is also beaming with pride and excitement about the opening of the iconic tower.

 

"100, Burj Dubai. Wow! What an address! That was what the Emaar official told me when he allotted the 100th floor in my name on the first day of selling space in Burj Dubai," recollected Dr Shetty.

 

With a habit of taking possession of magnificent houses and buildings that he fancies, Dr Shetty did not have to think twice about booking his own space in Burj when the sale of office spaces and residences was announced much before the tower took shape.

 

"Sometimes my children blame me saying I am making unnecessary investments. But, never in this case. Like the entire world, they are also highly appreciating me for taking this decision," said Shetty whose initial plan was, however, to book just one single bedroom flat.

 

Surprisingly, after the long hours of waiting in the queue of property buyers, he was finally offered an entire floor of three flats. Additionally, he bought another floor (141) for his office purposes, both at the initial rate of Dh3,000 per sq.ft.

 

While the 100th floor will be used for residential purpose, the 141st floor will house his personal office. "My private corporate office will now be on the 141st floor of Burj. It will be known as Dr Shetty's Office, Burj Dubai," said a jubilant Shetty.

 

After 36 years of his life in the UAE, Dr Shetty — he has built up a conglomerate of businesses in various countries — is planning to move into the world's tallest building as soon as the builders hand over the keys.

 

"I am really excited about attending the inaugural ceremony. I already had the privilege of visiting the 100th floor during the period of slab work over there. I was very thrilled that I was the only person from outside who was allowed entry onto that floor along with senior Emaar officials and workers. I may not be staying in Burj every day. But, as and when I can, I will go there and relax," Dr Shetty added.