dharwad the janata shikshana samitis college campus reverberated with activities on saturday with over 3000 children from across 14 districts of karnataka participating in several cultural activities at the makkala habba the shan gu biradar vedike erected on the sprawling playground of the college stood testimony to the rich cultural heritage of karnataka and the performance by children reassured that the legacy will continue for years to come thanks to the joint venture of karnataka bal vikas academy and department of public instruction the festival provided an opportunity to the children to exhibit their multicoloured talent the mood was set with children reaching the venue in a grand procession dance drama music folk art debate drawing and painting acrobatics like mallakamba and rope exercise enthused the audience an interaction session children with media evoked interesting questions from the students senior scribes from various media houses answered the queries from the students pontiff of murugha mutt mallikarjun swamy inaugurated the festival and said the children need to be guided properly at the tender age so that they would become responsible citizens and take the country further on the path of progress chairman of karnataka bal vikas academy mahesh tenginakai mlas chandrakant bellad veerabhadrappa halaharvi and ddpi b k vardhan were present ramya kamat manjari hombale and sakshi upadhyaya also expressed their views on the occasion