Slew of programmes to mark Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to Dharwad

DHARWAD: Not many people, particularly younger generation, are aware that Mahatma Gandhi had visited several places in Dharwad before travelling to Belagavi to participate in the All India Congress meet.
It was on November 10, 1920 that Gandhi had come to Dharwad and visited freedom fighters’ houses at Kelgeri, Saraswathpur and Ulavi Chennabasaveshwar temple and had held public gathering to elicit suggestions from the people here on the future course of freedom struggle.Later, Gandhi had visited Siddharoodh Mutt in Hubballi.
To commemorate the 100th year of Gandhi’s visit to Dharwad Gandhi Peace Foundation, the Center for Gandhian Studies, Chitra Film Society and DASA Trust will organise several programmes on November 10 and 11 in Dharwad and Hubballi respectively.
Giving details of the programmes here on Wednesday, linguist Ganesh Devy and Dr Sanjiv Kulkarni said that there will be a meeting of pourakarmikas at 6am on November 10, followed by all-religion prayer and bhajan rendition at the Gandhi Peace Foundation and tree plantation at WALMI.
At 9am, children will be served free breakfast at Buddha Rakkita School near old DySP Circle and a special programme at Anjuman College will be held wherein writers and intellectuals will speak on Gandhi. A painting expo by students of Bala Balaga School will also be held.
Dramatised reading of ‘Hind Swaraj’ written by Gandhi will follow.
There will be a meeting of lawyers at the Dharwad Bar Association at 2pm. A special cover brought out by India Posts will be released at Srujana auditorium at 4 pm.
Chitra Film Society will screen the movie The Making of Mahatma at 4:30pm at Srujana.
On November 11, there will be performances by students at Sana College in Hubballi at 9am, followed by Shramik meeting at the APMC yard.
Release of special postcard and meeting at Mahila Vidyapeeth will be followed by another meeting at Congress Bhavan at 2pm and visit to Siddharoodh Mutt at 3pm.