The Mahanagar Book Fair organised by the Ganjam District Book Fair Committee was inaugurated at the Church ground here on Friday evening.
Kendra Sahitya Akademi-awarded poet Bansidhar Sadangi inaugurated the fair in the presence of Odisha Sahitya Akademy awardee poet Dillip Das and local MlA Ramesh Chandra Chaupatnaik.
“A book plays a vital role at a time when a person is in sorrow and distress,” said Sadangi.
Book traders from Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Jagatsinghpur and other places have put up their stalls in the fair. The fair will conclude on November 19.
Among others, Brahmapur Development Authority Chairman Subash Moharana and Book Fair Committee president Susant Dash, working secretary Ajit Kumar Sabat and VP Bichitrananda Bebarta were present at the inaugural function.