Workshop to promote interest in Sharana literature tomorrow
Inter-collegiate cultural workshop and competitions in Kalaburagi will also focus on Tatvapada and Keerthanas
A district-level inter-collegiate cultural workshop and competitions will be held in Kalaburagi on Tuesday to foster interest among young people in Sharana literature, Tatvapada and Keerthanas through reading, comprehension and expression.
Programme coordinator Meenakshi Bali told presspersons here on Sunday that the Department of Kannada and Culture, the Centre for the Study of Saint-Poet Kanakadasa and Tatvapadakara, Bengaluru, and Godutai Doddappa Appa Women’s College are jointly organising the event.
The inaugural programme will be held at the Godutai Doddappa Appa Women’s College auditorium.
Chairperson of the Sharanbasaveshwar Vidya Vardhak Sangha and Chancellor of Sharnbasva University Dakshayani S. Appa will attend the programme.
Director of the Santakavi Kanakadasa and Tatvapadakara Study Centre K.T. Chikkanna will inaugurate the event.
The programme will feature competitions in essay writing, reading and interpretation and elocution.
Around 200 students from various colleges across the district have registered for the competitions through an online application process, Dr. Bali said.
The top three students in each category will receive a cash prize of ₹1,000 each. The organisers also plan to publish the best entries in the essay competition in book form.
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