Best of TOI images for the month of December from Mangaluru

With the Covid-Omicron scare looming large, even the Kambala buffalo handlers seen wearing masks during the first Kambala of the season 2021-22, ‘Veera-Vikrama Jodukare kambala’ at Hokkadigoli in Bantwal taluk _Ravi Posavanike

Gallantry Award winner, Master Warrant Officer Harekala Lakshmana, 98, participating in ‘Vijay Shrankala’, to mark the Golden Jubilee victory of Indian armed forces over Pakistan in 1971 at War Memorial at Kadri in Mangaluru _Ravi Posavanike

Dakshina Kannada district Ex-Servicemen Association paying tribute at War Memorial, Kadri in Mangaluru to Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, and other others who died in the helicopter crash _Ravi Posavanike

Olympian and Asian Games gold medalist M R Poovamma entered wedlock with Jithin Paul who is also an athlete from Kerala, in a traditional Kodava wedding in Mangaluru

D Veerendra Heggade, dharmadhikari, Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala showing Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot, the food prepared for mass feeding at Annapoorna Bhojanalaya at Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala

People looking at the coins after the inauguration of ‘Coins Gallery’ at ‘Aloyseum’, the museum of St Aloysius Institutions in Mangaluru. The Coins Gallery has ancient and rare coins from different parts of the world, brought from Italy in 1913 by Fr Chiappi, when the Museum of the Collegio Vida, was dismantled. Later many other coins were added by Rectors and other Jesuits fathers of college. Coins from 82 countries are displayed in the museum, with the oldest one is dated 211 BC from Rome _Ravi Posavanike

‘Veera-Vikrama Jodukare kambala’, the first Kambala of the season 2021-22, at Hokkadigoli in Bantwal taluk _Ravi Posavanike

New checking guidelines implemented for the passengers arriving from ‘High Risk’ as well as all other nations at Mangaluru International Airport _Ravi Posavanike

‘Balamangala Express’, the toy train service chugging through the greenery at Kadri park in Mangaluru. The services which was stopped due to Covid, has been restarted. Charges for children is Rs.15 and for adults Rs.25_Ravi Posavanike

Workers changing the destination board of the train to ‘Mangaluru Central-Subrahmanya Road’ at Mangaluru Central Railway Station, as the train services for that route which was stopped due to Covid, restarted _Ravi Posavanike

Most Rev Peter Paul Saldanha (centre), Bishop of Diocese of Mangalore cutting the cake to mark the beginning of Christmas celebrations in Mangaluru

Thulabhara in coins held to presiding diety of Krishnapur Math in the presence of Vidyasagar Tirtha Swamiji of the Math at Vadiraja Mantap, Kalkura Prathistana in Mangaluru. Krishnapur Math swamiji will ascend Paryaya Peeta on January 18, 2022 and will be performing pooja at Sri Krishna Math, Udupi for the next two years _Ravi Posavanike

People enjoying the last day of 2021 at Panambur beach in Mangaluru. Security personnel made sure that all people leave the beach by 7pm as district administration had ordered no new year celebrations in beaches _Ravi Posavanike