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Davanagere (PTI)Feb 06, 2009 ISRO's public relations officer B R Guruprasad demonstrated the prototype component models that were used in Chandrayaan-I to Sri Taralabalu pontiff Shivamurthy Shivacharya maha swamiji, at BIET college in Davanagere on Tuesday evening. The Sanehalli mutt pontiff Sri Panditharadhya swamiji, along with a team of ISRO scientists including Chandrayaan-I project director Annadurai, S K Shivakumar, scientist at ISTRAC (ISRO), C D Sridhar, were present while the exhibition was inaugurated by Sri Taralabalu pontiff, as part of the nine-day festival of Taralabalu Hunnime. Several models of the Chandrayaan-I was displayed, which will continue to be open to the public till February 9. Meanwhile, the ISRO scientists were honoured by the pontiff for their success in the Chandrayaan-I project. A film on Chandrayaan-I was also screened on the occasion. The chief patron of Sri Taralabalu Hunnime S Shivashankarappa, reception committee secretary S S Mallikarjun, treasurer A C Jayanna, along with other members of the Bapuji Educational Association, BIET principal B T Achyutha, director Y Vrushabhendrappa, program coordinator B E Rangaswamy were also present. Later, the students and staff of the college interacted with ISRO scientists.
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