Sunday, September 19, 2010

TN holds first Kannada Sahitya Parishat sammelan

Saturday marked a red-letter day for Kannada Sahitya Parishat when its president R K Nallur Prasad inaugurated the first ever Kannada Sahitya Sammelan organized by Tamil Nadu unit of the parishat at T Nagar in Chennai. The junior swamiji of Udupi Pejavar mutt, Sri Vishwaprasanna Thirtha, delivered benedictions on this occasion, a press release from Dakshina Kannada unit of the parishat here states.

The honour of chairing this meet went to Srikrishna Bhat Arthikaje, retired head of department of Kannada, Madras University. Bhat originally hails from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district. Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, president of DK district unit of the Parishat released the sammelan souvenir. A Yakshagana talamaddale -- Sri Rama Darshana -- sponsored by Kalkura Foundation was staged as part of the cultural programmes.

Full report here Times of India

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