The Kujanga Sahitya and Sanskruti Parishad, a cultural organisation, held a literary festival in the Paradip College premises at Paradip recently.
Water Resources and Information and Public Relations Minister Raghunandan Das, MP Dr Rajashree Mallick, MLAs Sambit Routray, Amar
Prasad Satapathy, district Collector Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, Paradip Municipality Chairman Basanta Kumar Biswal, poets Phani Mohanty and Prafulla Mohanty, IFFCO GM GC Acharya and Sahitya Akademi member Sukanta Nayak graced as guests.
Minister Das highlighted various initiatives taken by the State Government for development and promotion of Odia language and literature.
Former Sahitya Akademi member Pitambar Tarai chaired the meeting.
He informed that a national level poets’ convergence would be held in Paradip in coming days.