The Academy of Yoga and Oriental Studies (AYOS) organised a lecture on “Feminine identity in the Puranas” at the Raj Bhavan Club House here on Saturday with Dr Pratima Sadangi, Reader in the Department of Sanskrit, BJB College, as the speaker of the occasion.
The meeting was attended by eminent scholars and important citizens like former IPS officer Arun Kumar Upadhyaya, former IAS officer SN Panigrahi and senior journalist Sugyan Choudhury.
At the outset, Mihir Kumar Mishra welcomed the guests and the audience and AYOS director Indulata Das introduced the subject of the lecture.
In her speech Dr Pratima Sadangi said a woman has to play various roles in the family like a daughter, wife and mother, etc. In many cases, she has been a subjugated entity. But at the same time, she has been able to do great sacrifices.
There was a question-answer session after the lecture was over in which the audience participated with enthusiasm. Sanskrit scholar Sundar Rajan, in his presidential address, said woman is the symbol of Shakti or power.