Pilikula ‘kambala’ on December 29 in Mangaluru

It will be organised during the Karavali Utsava to attract more tourists.

November 05, 2014 01:18 pm | Updated 01:18 pm IST - MANGALURU:

Dr. Shivarama Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama will host this year’s annual ‘kambala’ (slush track buffalo race) at Pilikula on December 29 during the 12-day Karavali Utsava which will begin from December 20.

This was decided at a meeting chaired by B. Ramanath Rai, Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology and District in-charge of Dakshina Kannada here on Tuesday.

K. Abhayachandra Jain, Minister of State for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fisheries, Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, Ivan D’Souza, MLC, also attended it.

After the Supreme Court banned ‘jallikattu’ (bull fighting) in Tamil Nadu, it was decided to take steps to avoid the same for ‘kambala’.

Riders will be advised not to unnecessarily whip the animal.

A member of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts’ Kamabla Committee Jeevandhar Ballal said that the committee will ban both the rider and the owners of the buffaloes, for the next three kambalas, if the rider was found to be torturing the animals unnecessarily .

He added that they had recently organised a ‘kambala’ near Karkala in Udupi district where the animals were made to run without any whipping and it was a success.

K.A. Prabhakara Sharma, Executive Director of the nisargadhama, said that the ‘kambala’, usually held in Pilikula in February, would be organised during the Karavali Utsava to attract more tourists.

The meeting entrusted Mr. Ballal to take charge in organising the event.

The race will be held in six categories — hagga senior and junior, naegilu senior and junior, kane halage and adda halage.

Apart from the prizes for the winners, ‘fair prizes’ will be given to those owners and riders who treat their animals kindly.

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