The International Kite Festival takes off in Panambur beach.

Photos By R.K.Bhat, Mangalore

Mangalore, Jan 16: Panambur Beach witnessed the magnificent sight of numerous kites flying in the sky during the two day International Kite Festival starting from January 21, Saturday.

Seemanth Kumar Singh, Comissioner of Police, Mangalore inaugurated International Kite Festival in Panabur beach today, at 3.30 PM.

Seventeen international kite flyers from seven nations and a number of local flyers were participated in the international kite festival.

The two-day festival will also witness some of the popular kites by Team Mangalore, like Yaksha, Kathakali, Bhoota Kola, Gajaraja and Pushpaka Vimana which have won them accolades in international kite festivals around the world.

The team will also showcase its new ’Avatar Bird Kite’. A special attraction will be the night kite-flying event on Sunday at 7 pm, wherein kites will be flown amid high power lights.

Besides, there will be an exhibition of kites on the second day of the event on the theme ’My Kite to God’, featuring kites made by differently-abled children. Giridhar Kamath ,Sarvesh Rao, Dinesh Holla and Nithin Shetty of Team Mangalore were present on the occasion