The Begunia Literary Organisation celebrated Swabhiman Diwas on the 171st birth anniversary of Utkal Gaurav Madhusudan Das at Begunia on Sunday under the chairmanship of its president Rajkishore Panigrahi.
Child Welfare Committee Nilakantha Tripathy, Arikama Government Homeopathy Hospital’s Dr Amarendra Nath Mahapatra and social activist Bhikari Charan Sahu attended as guests and spoke on contribution of Madhubabu in forming Odisha State on linguistic basis and development of Odia language.
On the occasion, singer Ramesh Chandra Mahapatra recited Madhubabu’s “Utkal Santan” poem. Among others, association secretary Dibakar Sahu, reader Rabindranath Panigrahi, poet Gangadhar Ojha, Sandhyarani Mahapatra, Padmalaya Mahapatra, Pratima Pradhan, Mamatarani Mishra, Kanhu Charan Behera, Jagdish Patra, Kalpataru Panda and Harekrushna Panda were present.
