About Us

Necessity is the mother of invention. Probably this statement fits well with the birth of the Thane Bunts Association. For several years the Bunts community living in and around Thane were looking for a rallying point to unite themselves and to know each other, develop a friendship and be part of one another’s hardship and joyful events.

To fulfil this long-term needs, Bunts of Thane were looking for a competent and able leadership with a sense of selfless service, social responsibility for guiding the new generations for their aspirations.

With this in mind seven visionary leaders came together to take the responsibility of leading them On Saturday, January 3, 2004, the long-cherished dream of Thane’s Bunts community came to fruition with the inception of the Thane Bunts Association (R). This milestone was made possible by the following seven founding members.

1.Shri D G Bolar-Founder President
2.Late Prof Seetaram Shetty
3. Shri Bhaskar M Shetty
4.Shri Keshav M Alva
5.Shri Ravindra M Shetty
6.Shri N Shekar Shetty
7.Late Shri Sanjeeva K Shetty

The Thane Bunts Association’s inauguration took place at Ram Ganesh Gadkari Rangayatan, Thane on April 12, 2004, and was graciously inaugurated by renowned famous Kannada-Tulu Poet & Writer, Shri. Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, from Peradala. Prominent businessman Shri Sadanand Shetty (Chairman,Fouress Engineering India Ltd.) the chief guest, envisioned a bright future for the Thane Bunts Association.

Other distinguished guests who attended the ceremony included:
– Shri. B. Vivek Shetty, (President, Buntara Sangha Mumbai)
– Shri. Jayakrishna Shetty, (Founder, Jayakrishna Parisara Premi Samiti)
– Shri. Subhash B. Shetty, (President, Jayakrishna Parisara Premi Samiti)
– Shri. Aikala Harish Shetty, (President, Sai Sandhya Arts)
– Shri. Umesh Shetty, (President, Bunts Forum Mira Road)*

The Thane Bunts Association (R) aims to achieve the following objectives:

1.To develop mutual relation and harmony among Bunts relatives of Thane and surrounding Thane .
2. To share each other’s hardships and joys regardless of whether they are poor or rich.
3. Giving help and co-operation to Bunts relatives in education, employment and marriage.
4. To save and nurture the identity of the Bunts community and to strive for the all-round development of the Bunts community
5. To preserve the cultural heritage of Tulu land (Tulunadu) and the richness of Tulu language.
6. To foster cordial relations and harmony with other community, different language and people of other castes.
7. Along with saving the identity of Bunts, striving for national spirituality.
8. To start Sneha Saurabha, the mouthpiece of Thane Bunts Association, to publish the report of the activities of the association and the details of the achievements of Thane Bunts Association in various fields and to provide an opportunity to new writers.