Utkal Sammilani’s Central Committee members on the occasion of its former president Fakir Mohan Senapati’s 105th death anniversary paid floral tributes at the statue of the great son in front of the Utkal University here on Thursday.
At a function presided over by Sammilani general secretary Radhanath Praharaj, the speaker said Fakir Mohan wrote reformist novels, short stories and poems to enrich Odia literature. This would be remembered forever. His novel ‘Chha Mana Atha Guntha’ is no less than Munshi Premchand’s ‘Godan’.
Among others, Prof Kashinath Parida, Pitabash Tripathy, Jitendra Kumar Padhi, Trinath Samantray, Bhgyadhar Nanda, Bharat Kumar Jena and Jugal Kishore Jena were present.
At another function, Utkal Sammilani Mancheswar branch members also paid floral tributes to the statue of Fakir Mohan and held a function presided over by branch president Dillip Dashsharma.
Among others, branch vice-president Sital Chandra Mohanty, secretaries Gobinda Charan Subudhi and Basanti tripathy, Siddhartha Shankar Gadanayak, Maheshwar Biswal, Surajit Parida, Prakash Samal, Ashwini Patnaik and Ramchandra Samal were present.