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BALABHARATHI SCHOOL,BANDAGADDE

Balabharathi school (bandagadde)is an institution of education for the rural children.This school is situated on the banks of the historical Keladi lake in sagar taluq,shimoga district in the indian state of karnataka.As a home for the creation of the future citizens,the institution imparts not only normal normal academic education but also educates about  India’s rich cultural heritage,history and epics.The school also focuses on co-curricular activities like music,folk dance,yakshagana,abacus and computer education. The school wants to create a new generation,who are indian by virtue and universal in thoughts. This school was started in the year 2002. Being a recognised school of the karnataka Government, currently it has 160 students from lower kindergarten  to seventh standard. Ten dedicated teachers are taking good care of these children. The school has its own independent building with eight spacious rooms and a big playground. The school is run by “Samanvaya Trust (R) Bandagadde”. Well known small scale Industrialist and Philanthropist Umesh B R(of Mathana fame) is the founder President of this Trust. Social worker and indigenous mediciner  Manjunath K C (Kanugodu)  is the founder Secretary. Reputed senior artist H G Seetharam Harekoppa  is the founder Trusty. Shree Venkappa  Eli, T.Arunachala Beleyur  and Venkatesh B H  Beleyur are the   other trustees. The trust aims to provide quality moral and academic education for the children of this rural area.Time to time the trust conducts many awareness programs about  health ,environment,science and personality development for the rural people of the surrounding areas.The trust is also trying to recognise and honour  the rural artists. The samanvaya trust is running this school without any aid from the government. Currently the school is functioning with the help of few donors and the fees collected by the students.But in these costlier days,it is very difficult to maintain the standard of the school with these small resources. Additionally. The school is in need  of four more class rooms, a library,an auditorium and a science lab. Large-hearted donors are requested to lend a helping hand for the trust in this noble-cause of empowering the rural children.Donations to the trust are exempted from the income tax under 80G and 12A acts of the government.