More than 2,000 scholars, writers and thinkers from across Haryana and the rest of the country will congregate at Indradhanush Auditorium in Panchkula for the first ever three-day Haryana Sahitya Sangam beginning from March 17.
Being organised as part of the Haryana Swarna Jayanti celebrations, the festival to be held in Hindi and Haryanvi, Sanskrit, Punjabi and Urdu, would be inaugurated by Chief Minister Manohar lal and the closing ceremony would be graced by Governor, Kaptan Singh Solanki, on March 19.
The aim of the festival is to highlight the contribution of the State in the field of literature and culture and to provide a platform for young and budding writers to get wide-ranging and genuine guidance, said an official spokesman.
The various sessions during the three-day festival would be interspersed by exhibition of books and staging of plays. Among the topics for discussion are “Yug Yugeen Haryana”, “Granth lekhan Parampara Mein Haryana Ka Yogdaan”, “Rashtriya Chetna Avdharna Tatha Mahatta”, “Saraswati : Vividh Ayaami Prasangita”, “Hindi Bahuayaami Yatarth Avam Adarsh”, “Hindi Partrakarita : Dasha Aur Disha” and “Shrimad Bhagwat Gita Ki Vaishvik Prasangikta”.
The festival is being organised jointly by seven Haryana academies – Haryana Sahitya Academy, Haryana Sanskrit Academy, Haryana Punjabi Academy, Haryana Urdu Academy, Haryana Granth Academy, Haryana Kala Parishad and Haryana Itihaas Avam Sankriti Academy.