The two-day 23rd Ganjam District Youth Festival, 2017 organsied by the Sports and Youth Services Department concluded here on Sunday.
Subhalaxmi Patnaik and group of the Odisha Sangeet Parishad emerged first in the folk music, Shyamghan Behera and group of Biranchipalli block were first in folk dance. Similarly, D Janaki Ram Achari bagged first position in flute playing, Bideshi Patro for Hindustani Vocal, Amarupa Sidhartha for tabla, Umesh Patro for Karnataki Vocal, Rudra Prasad Rana for harmonium, Gopal Krushna Behera for guitar, Radha Shyam Tarai for Bharatanatyam, Shyamghan Behera for Mrudanga and Srikrutika Moharana achieved first position for solo play.
The winners have qualified for the State-level Youth Festival to be held at Deogarh later this month.
The fest was held under the chairmanship of the District Sports Officer Prasant Kumar Sahu in which Ganjam Sub-Collector Bijaya Kumar Dash graced as guest. Brushketu Das coordinated the programme. Among others, Dinabandhu Patro, former Sports Officer Krushna Chandra Mishra, stadium in charge Sachindra Majhi, Sub-Division PRO Pramila Majhi and sports teacher Kedar Nath Choudhury were present.