Brijesh Chowta

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Captain Brijesh Chowta
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024

Captain Brijesh Chowta is the President of Mangaluru Kambala which for the last 7 years has been conducting the rural folk sport of Kambala in Mangalore.[ citation needed ]

It was started as he led a team of young minds during the agitation against PETA's efforts to ban the traditional folk sport Kambala. This gained momentum and turned into Mangaluru Kambala  which is entirely managed by a volunteer team, and has become an important event in the cultural calendar of coastal Karnataka.[ citation needed ]

He also has been a founding trustee [17] of the Bharat Foundation which conducts the Mangaluru Litfest – an annual two-day thought festival in Mangaluru since 2019.[ citation needed ]

As a Founder Trustee of Samarthan Foundation, he has involved himself in various charitable and philanthropic activities across Dakshina Kannada.[ citation needed ]

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