This is the Silver Jubilee year of the annual Jagatsinghpur Book Fair which is organised by the Jagatsinghpur Sanskrutika Parishad.
On Monday, the event was inaugurated by Padmashree Pandit Antrayami Mishra at the collectorate here.
During the week-long book fair, over 100 book stalls from about 50 publishers across the State have showcased thousands of books covering a wide range of subjects such as history, Sanskrit, art, architecture, children’s books, religion and spirituality, science, and philosophy available for purchase. For the first time, reading rooms have been erected inside fair premises benefiting visitors and book lovers.
MP Dr Rajashree Mallick, MLA cum Government Chief Whip Prasanta Muduli, the Municipality Chairperson and the district Collector, besides hundreds of book enthusiasts, were present.