Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday released a book titled Sarguja Ka Ramgarh authored by famous writer and blogger lalit Sharma at his residential office here. On the occasion, Hindi blogger and former Chairman of State Warehousing Corporation Ashok Bajaj, Kishan Sharma, Madhav Prasad Miri and Uday Sharma were also present.
The Chief Minister heartily congratulated Sharma on publishing his book. It is noteworthy that resident of Abhanpur in Raipur district, blogger lalit Sharma has focussed this book on history and archeology of hilly area of Ramgarh, Sarguja district.
He has written this book after travelling and doing thorough study of the region from a tourist perspective. According to him, this is the first book to underline the great historical value of Ramgarh from a tourist perspective. Ramgarh is considered to be the base of famous epic Meghdootam.
Since last many years, the State Government has been organising a special event called ‘Ashadasya PrathanDiwase’ on arrival of rainy season.The Sitabengra cave is also located in the hilly area of Ramgarh, which has been marked as the most ancient theatre of India.
Sharma’s book ‘Sarguja Ka Ramgarh’ has also received ISBN number. It is known that nearly two years back, Sirpur Sailani Ki Nazar Se — lalit Sharma’s book on Chhattisgarh’s archeological site Sirpur was released in 2013 at hands of Nobel laureate and Head of Tibet’s exiled Government Dalai lama during his Sirpur visit.