‘Swadeshi Mela’

The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, Karnataka, will be organising a five-day ‘Swadeshi Mela’ at Maharaja College Grounds from Jan. 22 to 26. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, the Jagaran Manch Office-bearer N.R.Manjunath said that the mela features display and sales of a variety of swadeshi products including beauty and fairness products, Ayurveda medicines, organic products, millets and cereals, khadi products, deshi foods, indigenously built cars and scooters etc., Pointing out that the mela will have 300 stalls, he said importance will be given to manufacturers from Mysuru district. Mela will be inaugurated at 5 pm on Jan. 22, he said, adding that artists from across the State will present cultural programmes.