January 2012

State Level Kite Contest on January 21,2012. Click here for details

October 2011

TEAM MANGALORE proudly announces INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL 2012 to be held during 21st and 22nd January 2012 at Panambur Beach, Mangalore. Click here for details

March 2011

A four member team of Team Mangalore participated in the Uiseong, Korean International Kite Festival 2011 from March 31 to April 3, 2011.Click here for a report on the festival

January 2011

UDAIPUR INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL 2011

Team Mangalore, has stood first in the unique-shaped kites category in the three-day international kite festival held in Udaipur, Rajasthan from Jan 5 to 7.

The team consisting of Dinesh Holla and Harish Kodialbail flew a unique model of 'Pushpak Viman' which won high accolades and first place of honour.

It was a tough competition wherein nine foreign and eleven Indian teams took part.  This achievement is another feather in the cap for this team.  It may be recalled here that 'Gajaraja',  another creation of the team had won the second place in the International Kite Festival, 2009 held at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

September 2010 

DIEPPE International Kite Festival in France 2010

4 members of Team Mangalore will be participating in the DIEPPE International Kite Festival with their new spectacular kites. Click here for details.

March 2010 

Thailand International Kite Festival 2010

January 2010 

ONGC-MRPL International Kite Festival 2010 - Mangalore

January 2009

International Kite Festival Gujarat 2009 (images)

February 2009

Beach Festival 2009 (Images)

January 2008

Panambur Sea Shore (Images)

• Team Mangalore plans to hold an International Kite Festival on the Panambur Sea Shore at Mangalore on 19th & 20th January 2008

Dieppe 2008 (Images)

August 2007.

Dieppe Canada (Images)

• Team Mangalore is all set to participate in the International Kite festival in Dieppe Canada

June 2007.

Team Mangalore in Cleethorpes, UK (Images)

June 2006

Dieppe 2006 photos (Images)

September 2005.

International Kite Festivals at Portsmouth and Bristol (Images)

TEAM MANGALORE has successfully participated in the two International Kite Festivals at United Kingdom during last week of August at Portsmouth and at Bristol in the first week of September 2005 and at Cleethorpes in June 2007.
The traditional kites of Team Mangalore fascinated the people of U.K. It has received a wide publicity in print and television media. Team Mangalore was the only representative from India in these festivals.

Our Achievements at these two festivals :

• Team Mangalore won the 'Best International Kite' Award in Cleethorpes, UK in June 2007 (See Certificate)
• Team Mangalore won the 'Best Team Display' Award (See Certificate) in Portsmouth.
• Team Mangalore kites  appeared  on  the  cover  page  of kite Magazine in UK -"THE KITE FLIER" in July 2005 issue.
•  It has got wide publicity in many news papers including a Report in BBC on 3.9.2005.
•  Photos of Team Mangalore kites now appear in many websites of Europe.

Team Mangalore was represented by Prashanth kumar, Sarvesh Rao and Purushotham in the above festival. Glimpses of  U.K. Kite Festivals....

April 2005.

Berck Sur-Mer Festival (Images)

• Team Mangalore had an eventful tour of France. This is the team's maiden participation in the largest kite festival of Europe, a ten day long festival at Berck Sur-Mer, France from 8th April to 18th April, 2005. Team Mangalore was well appreciated by most of the 200 odd flyers from across the Globe. The Kathakali kite carved a niche for itself, getting wide coverage in the media. The Team members Sarvesh Rao, Prashanth (sponsored by ONGC-MRPL) and Purushothama won over many hearts and have succeeded in their objective of spreading Indian culture through kites. Glimpses of the Berck Sur Mer Festival....

Feb 2005.
      ONGC International Kite Festival

• First International Kite Festival was held on January 23rd 2005 at Panambur beach, Mangalore.  Click Here For Details.