belagavi preparations have begun for a grand kittur utsav like never before commemorating 200 years of the victory of rani channamma over the british celebrations will be held for three days from october 23 and 15 sub committees have been formed to oversee preparations as the government has declared kittur utsav as a statelevel celebration this year the government has sanctioned rs 2 crore for the utsav and already released rs 1 crore to begin preparations according to dc nitesh patil the rest of the amount will be released before the inaugurations channamma veerajyoti which is travelling to every district of the state from october 2 will reach kittur on october 23 huge preparations are being made to welcome the veerajyoti according to local mla mahantesh dodagoudar the welcome procession will have over 50 folk art teams along with elephants ahead there will be three stages for different programmes at kittur the names of the stages will be decided shortly after discussing with historians the district administration has decided to give more opportunities to local artists this time during the utsav and a separate cultural committee has been formed to identify the artists besides several artists of national and international stature will increase the grandeur of the celebrations mla dodagoudar said we planning to invite president droupadi murmu and chief minister basavaraj bommai for the inauguration there will be a flower exhibition and food stalls in the utsav public events like felicitating freedom fighters sports activities on the lines of mysuru dasara developing infrastructure like roads and drainage developing channammas birthplace kakati creating awareness on agriculture etc are also under consideration