Intl Kite Festival in Mangalore from Jan 19

Mangalore, Jan 18: Kite flyers from the country and abroad will participate in the two-day ONGC-MRPL International Kite Festival at Panambur beach here from tomorrow.

Festival coordinator Giridhar Kamath told newspersons here yesterday that MRPL Managing Director R Rajamani would inaugurate the festival. As many as 21 international kite flyers would participate in the festival. Team Mangalore, organiser of the festival, would fly speciality kites like 'Kathakkali' kite, 'Yaksha' and 'Bharathanatya', he added.

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