A festive atmosphere prevailed in the sprawling grounds of the Sharanabasaveshwar Vidya Vardak Sangha in Kalaburagi with thousands of students along with their teachers of the Sharnbasva University and the educational institutions run under the aegis of Sharanabsaveshwar Vidya Vardak Sangha and 9th Peetathipathi of the Sharanabasaveshwar Samasthan and Chairperson of the Sharanabasaveshwar Vidya Vardak Sangha Matoshri Dakshayini Avvaji participating in the 75th Independence Day celebrations on Monday.
It was also a special occasion for everybody present on the ground and for the first time the 9th Peetathipathi of the Samasthan Chiranjivi Poojya Doddappa Appa unfurled the national flag in the presence of his mother and chairperson of the sangha Matoshree Dakshayini Avvaji and sisters Shivani S. Appa, Bhavani S. Appa and Maheshwari S. Appa. Vice-Chancellor of the university Niranjan V. Nisty, and secretary of the sangha Basawaraj Deshmukh were prominent among others who were present on the historic occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Matoshri Dakshayini Avvaji recalled the sacrifices made by the freedom fighters including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and others who dedicated their entire lives to the long-drawn struggle for Independence. She said that despite the country under British rule for more than 200 years, it was emerging as one of the economic superpowers in the world.
