Best of TOI images from Mangaluru for the month of September

After a gap of nearly six months, the schools in the coastal districts reopened on September 17. Guru Shet rings the bell to mark the beginning of the first hour of class at Canara High School, Urwa in Mangaluru.

People from Kerala entering Karnataka at Talapady being checked for RT-PCR negative certificate by officials

Health officials on their way to vaccinate an elderly woman at Boloor in Managluru

Ruth Clare D’Silva cut the cake as she secured All India first rank (Old scheme) in Chartered Accountants (CA) July 2021 examination conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

An idol of Lord of Ganesha from Sanghanikethan being taken for immersion

Catholics carrying paddy as they celebrate the nativity of B V Mary — ‘Monti Fest (Harvest Festival) — in the coastal region

Children and elders placing flowers at the statue of B V Mary at Bondel Church in Mangaluru on the occasion of nativity

Steel cargo being handled for the first time in the New Mangalore Port Trust

B Janardhana Poojary, former union minister consoling Blossom Fernandes at the public homage for Oscar Fernandes at Milagres Church in Mangaluru.

D K Shivakumar, KPCC working president paying respect to former union minister Oscar Fernandes in Udupi

Students being checked before entering school on the first day of reopening of schools in Dakshina Kannada

Primary schools in Dakshina Kannada reopened for classes VI and VII. Students at Government Primary School at Mannagudda in Managaluru were welcomed with a sprinkling of rosewater and with a flower.

A demonstration of converting salt water into fresh water in fishing boats held in the presence of the Minister for fisheries, ports and inland transport S Angara and officials of the fisheries department at Old Port.