Prospective Bride-Bridegrooms meet conducted at Billava Temple hall in Kudroli on Sunday

10.05.10 Mangalore : The Billava Association, Bangalore, in a joint social service undertaking with city’s Kudroli temple authorities, organised a prospective Bride & Bridegroom marital search event at the temple Hall on Sunday, May 9 when 488 couples had a “dekho” at each other to solemnise a mass marriage later on. The event was inaugurated by lighting a traditional lamp by Ms. Urmila Ramesh, a partner of Deepa Comforts in Mangalore. She wished well to all those participants who had gathered at the Hall. Sai Kumar, Temple administrator, presided. Chief Guest M. Veda Kumar of Bangalore expressed his happiness on the fact that poor and rich, educated and not so educated men and women had taken part in a search for life partners on this day. Bharathi Kunder conducted the proceedings. The prospective couples were allowed to go through the corresponding documents and to speak to one another during the search for matrimony 

Ms. Bhanumathi Harish, Padmaraj, Maheshchandra, N. Gopalkrishna (Secretary of Bangalore Billava Sangha), Dr. Anasuya Salian (Director of Bride/Bridegroom search committee), Devendra Poojary, Taranath, B.T. Salian, Bharathi D. Suvarna and other dignitaries were present on the occasion to supervise the proceedings.

About 400 women and over 100 men had registered for the local Billava event at the Sri Gokarnanath Temple Hall.