A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – I)
To: Sri Kote Malleshwara Temple (Dt.01/07/2024). 2024-2025
The students of Class I, along with teachers visited the historical place - Sri Kote Malleshwara Temple in Ballari on Monday, 01 July 2024. It is 5 km away from Dream World School.
The objective of the visit was to learn about the history of the ancient temples which also gives us the glimpse of the ancient sculptures and inscriptions.
Field Observation:
Kote Malleshwara temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Ballari. It is one of the oldest temples in the city and has a history of more than 500 years. The temple is famous for its annual car festival which attracts thousands of devotees from nearby places.
We were guided by Mr. Narasimha Achari, the priest of the temple who explained in detail about the history of Kote Malleshwara Temple. According to his explanation, Mallayya a merchant, devotee of Lord Shiva used to travel different places to sell food grains. He never used to have food until he performs his daily rituals to Lord Shiva. Once when he was travelling, he halted in Ballari but could not find a Shivalinga to perform the rituals on the Poornima day. Mallayya asked his helper who was travelling with him to search for a Shivalinga. But he could not find anywhere and then he made a plan to convince his master. He used a balla (a measuring cup or seru used to measure grains) and placed it upside down on a stone as Shivalinga and asked Mallayya to perform his rituals to it. Mallayya, the merchant who could not see properly believed the balla as Shivalinga and worshipped. Eventually, that place was turned into a temple dedicated to Balleshwara or Shiva which became distorted to Malleshwara and thus Ballari derives its name because of this temple. The temple is a popular attraction to a huge crowd during Maha Shivaratri.
Conclusion
The field trip was successful and we believe that the objective was achieved as the students know about the temple. It was an informative trip for the students.
We thank the management of the temple for their support and cooperation in fulfilling our objective in this field trip.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – II)
To: Jyothirlinga Temple, Ballari (Dt.02/07/2024) 2024-2025
A temple is a place where we spend time to relax ourselves, to pray and thank God for all his blessings. On Tuesday, 02 July 2024, the students of Class II along with teachers visited the Jyothirlinga Temple, Ballari. This temple is also called the Shivaleela Devasthana.
Shri Bhima Reddy had constructed this temple. It was established in the year 2015. At present, his son Gurudas Reddy is looking after the temple.
The temple is famous for its 12 Jyothirlingas. It is constructed in such a way that the 12 Jyothirlingas which are present all over India are enshrined in one temple. The students went around the temple and saw the Twelve Jyothirlingas of Lord Shiva namely Somnath, Mallikarjuna, Mahakaleshwara, Omkareshwara, Vaidhyanath, Bheemashankara, Rameshwara, Nageshwar, Kashi Vishwanath, Thriambakeshwara, Kedarnatha and Grishneshwar. Each Jyothirlinga resembles the original form of Lord Shiva, where they are actually situated. The incharge person Gurudas Reddy explained a few points about the temple to the children.
The temple is very pleasant with beautiful architecture. The students took blessings of Lord Shiva for a fruitful year. They also chanted shlokas and sang bhajans in the temple.
The students had lunch along with the teachers and played different games in the temple premises. This visit provided a very good opportunity for our students to know the names of twelve Jyothirlingas and the places where they are located.
We are thankful to the management and the staff of ‘Jyothirlinga temple’, for their co-operation in fulfilling the objective of this field trip.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – IV)
To: The Ballari Handloom Weavers Co-operative Production and Sale Society, Ballari (04/07/24) 2024-2025
Weaving is a process of making cloth by putting threads over and under one another on a machine called the loom. A ‘handloom’ is a loom that is used to weave cloth without the use of electricity.
On Thursday, 04 July 2024, the students of Class IV along with the teachers visited The Ballari Handloom Weavers Co-operative Production and Sale Society which was established in the year 1957. It is approximately 7 km away from Dream World School.
Mr. Nagaraj B. is the C.E.O of Ballari Handloom Weavers. The weaving society has 15 workers of 13 dealing with handloom and 2 workers with hand spinning.
Mr. Nagaraj B, the C.E.O of the Co-operative Society explained about the weaving of a saree with different patterns and colours. They weave different types of silk sarees like uppada and pochampalli. They get different types of silk threads and machines from Dharmavaram and Bengaluru, then send those silk threads to Yadiki for dyeing and after getting back the dyed fibre they start weaving. They also take contracts for making sarees of different patterns and the rolling of silk cloth. The weavers complete the weaving of one sari in 3 – 5 days. The consumers can visit the sale society to purchase the sarees on all days except on Sundays.
This visit has helped our students gain the practical knowledge about the handloom weaving which is an important economic activity, preserving the ancient culture of India providing employment for many.
For the successful completion of this field trip, we thank the management and staff of ‘The Ballari Handloom Weavers Co-operative Production and Sale Society’, for their support and co-operation.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – V)
To: Sri Gurudatta Agro Foods, Ballari (05/07/2024) 2024-2025
On Friday, 5th July 2024, the students of Class V visited Sri Gurudatta Agro Foods, Ballari, along with respective teachers. It is about 11 km away from Dream World School. By 11:30 a.m. the students reached the rice mill.
Milling is a crucial step in the post-production of rice. The basic objective of a rice milling system is to remove the husk and the bran layers, and produce an edible, white rice kernel that is sufficiently milled and free of impurities.
Mr R. K. Ramesh, the owner and Ms. Swathi, daughter of the owner of the rice mill welcomed us and guided our students by explaining the milling process of paddy. The area of rice mill is 2 acres and it was established in the year 2008.
The processing of rice first begins with the pre-cleaner where the larger stones are separated from paddy. Next the paddy moves to drier where the moisture level of paddy is maintained to 12% which is suitable for the processing of rice. Paddy is moved to rubber sheller through the elevator, here the outer layer of paddy called husk is removed, and then it is moved to the separator to separate the husk from the brown rice. The brown rice is passed to the whitener machine where the bran is removed from the rice. Rice bran is a component of raw rice that is obtained when it is removed from the starchy endosperm in the rice milling process. After the removal of bran, the rice appears white in colour. The white rice is polished in the silky polisher machine to give a fine structure and silky look to the rice. Final grading of rice is done in a sortex machine, the smaller impurities are removed from the rice and then the rice is passed to the bins. From the bins automatic packing of milled rice is done in the bags. The rice is packed in different sizes of bags like 10 kg and 26 kg. Everyday 50,000 kg of rice is processed in the mill. They buy the paddy from the nearby farmers and market their product majorly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The brand name of the product is Guru Ashirwad, Raga Rice,
R K Brand.
The by-products of rice mill are husk, bran and broken rice. Bran is used in the extraction of oil and is also send to make soaps. The husk is used to burn the driers in the mill and broken rice is used as the cattle feed.
Rice mill is a place where milling of rice is done. The system is to remove the husk and the layers of bran and produce an edible, white rice based on the requirements of the customers.
We are thankful to Mr. R.K. Ramesh and Ms. Swathi for their support and concern in fulfilling our objective in this field trip.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – VI)
To: The Robert Bruce Foote Sanganakallu Archaeological Museum (08/07/2024) 2024-2025
On 8th July 2024, the students of class VI along with teachers visited the Robert Bruce Foote Sanganakallu Museum, Ballari District. It is 4.3 km away from Dream World School. We left for the place from school at 10:00 a.m.
We visited the Museum with the objective of making children aware about evidences of the stone age people and the tools they used.
The students were excited to know about the Museum. We were guided by Ms. Gowri who gave us the information and the historical background of the Museum.
The Archaeological Museum is a unique prehistoric museum of the stone age-related to Sanganakallu, a pre-historic site near Ballari city. This museum was renamed as “Robert Bruce Foote” due to his enormous contribution to Indian pre-historical sites surveys carried out by him. Robert Bruce Foote (CE 1834-1912) is a Geologist, Archaeologist, ethnographer, paleontologist, musicologist and an artist. He was appointed in the Geological Survey of India (GSI) and was posted to Madras Presidency, Hyderabad Region, and Bombay Presidency with the intention to map the mineral deposition in the southern regions, where he accidentally the Englishman discovered 459 pre-historic sites of the country.
The museum houses a vast collection of African theories on pre-historic site information in the ground floor and in the first floor with more information on the Sanganakallu site. Most of the collection is on stone tools as Sanganakallu was once a pre-historic stone tool factory dating back to 2000 BC.
One can also find artefacts like ceramic pottery, shellbone steatite beads and neolithic age ash mound fragments. There is also a sarcophagus child burial with the ritual pot of megalithic excavation found at Kudithini and was kept assembled in this museum.
Mr. Korishettar, the former Professor of History and Archaeology, Karnataka University, and the Director of the Museum Committee was the key behind setting up a museum in Ballari with the help of Government. When it comes to prehistoric study and the neolithic age, the Sanganakallu site is predominant even for many foreigners.
We thank Ms. Gowri as a guide for her support and cooperation in fulfilling our objective in this field trip.
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