A CD (compact disk) containing a brief history and devotional songs of legendry Goddess Maa Budhi Thakurani, the famous deity of Brahmapur, composed by Andhra Mahila Samajam president Moningi Kameswari was launched at the Mini Prakasham Hall here on Monday, the concluding of this year’s Thakurani Yatra.
The function was presided over by senior advocate and president of ABV Samajam S Ram Kumar while former Union Minister Chandra Sekhar Sahu was the chief guest on the occasion.
Inaugurating the cassette, former Assembly Deputy Speaker Rama Chandra Panda hailed the contributions of both Telugu and Odia communities in maintaining a cohesive and unique culture of this great heritage city, Brahmapur, and upholding the glorious past of the city which is an exemplary synthesis of multilingual culture and harmony.
Panda expressed his anguish over the fast deteriorating standard of education in the city, more particularly the heritage institutions like the City High School, the Khallikote College and the MKCG Medical College and requested the senior citizens to spare time to think about the city and its heritage and to revive its glorious past.
Harshasri Prasad Rao and Konchada Siva Prasad Subudhi in their addresses urged the denizens of the city to inculcate the spirit of its past culture to strengthen the cohesiveness of the society bonding the people across languages, castes, and cultures.
Among others, Dr JJ Swami, veteran Chamber leader Vaisya Raju, Moningi lakshminarayana, Konchada Siva Prasad and president of Pharmacy College P Satyanarayana also spoke. A cultural show on Am Masantamma was also held on the occasion.