The 9th death anniversary of the late Bibhuti Bhushan Patnaik, a well-known students-loving teacher, senior farmer and teacher leader of THE Kujang-Paradip area was held on Sunday with hosts of activities. An Asta Prahari Namayajna had started at his house in village Balrampur from Saturday. Fruits and clothes were distributed to patients under treatment at Kujang and Paradip Government Hospitals on Sunday morning. Shraddha rituals, Gita recitation, Nama Sankirtana and Prasad Sevan were held at his house, where a memorial meeting was also held in afternoon in his memory under aegis of Bibhuti Bhushan Pattnaik Smruti Sansad. The meeting was chaired by BBPSS president Saroj Kumar Patnaik, Jagatsinghpur MLA Prashant Kumar Muduli attended as chief guest and Paradip MLA Sambit Routray as guest of honour, Former MP Dr Kulmani Samal, President awardee Headmaster Manoranjan Das, Senior Citizens’ Forum president Baburam Chowdhury, educationalist Prabhakar Bhatta, journalist Chitta Swain, Hrushikesh Nath, Rabindra Samal, Ramesh Chandra Muduli and Abhiram Samal