The sound of the dhol, the fragrance of fresh flowers, and the sight of devotees gathering around Lord Ganesha made Carp Road feel deeply connected to home during Ganesh Habba 2026. For many families, the celebration was more than a festival day. It was a chance to pray together, share traditional food, meet old friends, and introduce younger generations to a living culture. Ganesh Habba 2026 on Carp Road brought together the three things people look forward to most during th

KSO hosted "Sharasetubandha", a Yakshagana event in 2019 with performances by artists from India and Canada. This was truly a treat for Kannadigas who love traditional theatrical dance and music. It was also a great enlightening cultural experience especially for younger generation, encouraging them to develop interest to learn more about Puranas and the great mythological epic stories. Profile of the renowed Yakshagana team: KSO 2019 ರಲ್ಲಿ "ಶರಸೇತುಬಂಧ" ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು

With great honour and pride, KSO joined to celebrate Kannada Rajyotsava-2018 with Shri Chandra Arya (Member of Parliament/Depute - Nepean) on the Parliament Hill of Canada's capital city. It was a proud moment for all Kannadigas to hoist Karnataka's flag on the steps of Centre Block of Parliament. The event shined with "Jaya Bharatha Jananiya Tanujathe", state anthem of Karnataka and "Hacchevu Kannadada Deepa" , a popular patriotic song along with various cultural performance

KSO participated in NAVIKOTSAVA-2020, a virtual conference where cultural programs were streamed to 40+ countries and 60+ Kannada sanghas participated from all over the world. Along with KSO's participation in cultural events, two of the sangha members, Mr Chandra Arya and Mr. Basavaraj Halli delivered speech in business forum making it a big moment for KSO to be part of this Global Kannada Utsava. During this event, the committee joined hands to raise funds for ASHA social w

A clean environment can strengthen your immune system and help you avoid illnesses. A decluttered surrounding can reduce stress and depression as well as help avoid injuries. Cleaning is not always adults-only task; there can be many benefits to getting children involved and helping them learn more about how cleaning can help their development. Spring cleaning activity was one such campaign conducted by Ottawa city as part of 'Cleaning the Capital" program and KSO volunteered

KSO Members on an expedition to Niagara Falls from Ottawa on their bikes to raise awareness against childhood cancer. KSO ಸದಸ್ಯರು ಒಟ್ಟಾವಾದಿಂದ ನಯಾಗರಾ ಜಲಪಾತಕ್ಕೆ ದಂಡಯಾತ್ರೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಬಾಲ್ಯದ ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಸರ್ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಜಾಗೃತಿ ಮೂಡಿಸಲು ಸ್ವಯಂಪ್ರೇರಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದರು. Some snippets of the event:

We are excited to share that one of our KSO member Mr.Basavaraj Halli has been nominated as the coveted TOP 25 immigrants awardee. This yearly award is given to the immigrants who have made remarkable contributions to Canada and their Home country, Basavaraj is a visionary entrepreneur who has built / supported several successful businesses in India and Canada and serves these companies in different capacities such as Director, Advisor and CTO. His most recent successful vent

ಕೆನಡಾ ಸಂಸತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಧುರವಾಗಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ ಕೆನಡಾ ಸಂಸತ್ತಿನ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾದ ಮಾನ್ಯ ಶ್ರೀ ಚಂದ್ರ ಆರ್ಯ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಒಟ್ಟಾವಾ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಂದ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳು.🙏 Our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to 'The Member of Parliament, Canada' Shri Chandra Arya Sir for delivering a speech in the Parliament of Canada in our own Kannada language. Here is an excerpt from the speech: ಮಾನ್ಯ ಸಭಾಪತಿ,ಕೆನಡಾ ದೇಶದ ಸಂಸತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ಮಾತೃಭಾಷೆ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಲ

KSO hosted an event to celebrate Mother's Day Month, a trip down the memory lane to cherish all those people or things or places where we felt the comfort of our Mother. Gita Jahagirdar, Sheela Chandrashekar, Sumana Achar and the guest of honour, Aparna Vastarey were the four most accomplished panelists for this event. Each one of them represented Motherhood in their own unique ways and shared achievements they have accomplished throughout their journey. The amount of experie

Committee Nitin Rao - President Supriya Girish- Vice President Roopasree Tungaturthi - Secretary Parikshith Upadhyaya - Treasurer Message from executive committee : KSO ಕಾರ್ಯಕಾರಿ ಸಮಿತಿಯ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾಗಲು ಅವಕಾಶ ದೊರೆತಿರುವುದು ನಮ್ಮ ಸೌಭಾಗ್ಯ. ಇದನ್ನು ಸಂತಸಮಯವಾಗಿ, ಉತ್ಸುಕರಾಗಿ, ವಿಜೃಂಭಣೆಯಿಂದ ಆಚರಿಸಲು ಇಚ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ಸಮಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸುವುದನ್ನು ಮುಂದುವರಿಸಲು ಮತ್ತು ಹಿಂದಿನ ಸಮಿತಿಯ ಸಾಧನೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬೆಳೆಯಲು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಉತ್ಸಾಹ ಮತ್ತು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಒಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಸೇರುತಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಒಂದಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿ

Our Kannada community members Team "Kaveri Express" won Dragon Boat race in one of the categories. This was featured in the local Kannada news paper in Karnataka!

Honourable High Commissionaire H.E. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Verma along with his wife Smt. Gunjan Verma hosted various singers from the Indian diaspora at their residence for a musical evening. 5 notable singers from our community represented us along with their spouses in the event. Such events strengthens our bonds with @highcommissionofindia

KSO PARTNERED EVENT - REGISTRATION REQUIRED Event Name: International Yoga Day Celebration Date : June 21 2 Venues : Nepean Sportsplex - 10:30 AM Parliament Hill - 5 PM Registration Links: Nepean Sportsplex - https://www.hciottawa.gov.in/IDY2023_reg2 Parliament Hill - https://www.hciottawa.gov.in/IDY2023_reg1 Free T-Shirt and Yoga mats will be provided to all registered participants at the venue. @highcommissionofindia

Basavraj Halli - Our Kannada Sangha Ottawa Community’s successful entrepreneur and one of the winners of RBC Canada Top Immigrant award and Ottawa Best Business Award has been featured in one of Karnataka’s leading news journal @kannadaprabha. Our community is proud to have such inspirational achievers who is like guiding star to many youths and young entrepreneurs. Congratulations Basavraj!

HAPPY GRADUATION TO CLASS OF 2023! “Student life is Golden life” , Many of our community students graduated this past week in their respective fields with flying colours. They overcame many hurdles and still held together with the strong bond of friendship supporting each other. We are excited to see how they will grow in the near future and we are sure to see everyone here being successful. We wish them all a bright and promising future! @uottawa @carleton_u

Wrapping up our first win for Cricket Finals

we launched a pilot program to our community members to get CPR certified. This is a very important and basic knowledge and certification which everyone is required to have. Soon we will be extending this to all our community members to get trained and certified on First Aid and CPR methods.

Ganesha Habba 2023 Rangoli Winner Congratulations @madhooori for winning the best Rangoli in our recent Ganapathi Habba! Enjoy the gift and create amazing memories!

Rajyotsava 2025 - KSO As they say, "If you want to stay grounded, you have to be well rooted". At KSO, our mission and vision has been to facilitate our younger generation to know more about our cultural motherland "India" and our native language of "Kannada/Karnataka". The KSO working committee is always looking to provide the right tools and platform to our younger kids, for them to be able to explore the immense richness of our culture and also contributions in the modern

Diwali edition of "Being Indian”, Featured Kannada Sangha Ottawa. Thanks Inderpreet Singh for this amazing magazine.