Monday, January 19, 2009

Curtains down on Ghumra Utsav

Expressbuzz, Jan 19, 2009

BHAWANIPATNA: The Kalahandi Utsav Ghumra-2009, organised by District Council of Culture at Bhawanipatna and Dharamgarh, concluded. Although the cultural functions concluded yesterday, the exhibitions ended.

Artistes from various districts of the state and other states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Assam participated. Sources said the traders and SHGs, who had put up stalls at the Utsav venue, made brisk business.

SEMINAR: A seminar on ‘Education, a gateway to development in Kalahandi’ was organised as part of the Ghumra Utsav on Thursday at the Town Hall here. Vice-Chancellor of Sambalpur University Arun Ppujari and Kalahandi Collector R. Santhgopalan attended. Meritorious students of different schools were provided Gyanadarshan awards, laptops and cash prizes of Rs 5,000.

Kalahandi Baraputra Ssamman was bestowed on Uma Shankar Kar for his contribution to the field of literature and cultural activities while Ppurushhotam Behera was felicitated for his contribution to drama, Nabin Ppatra for Sports and Chakradhar Raiguru for agriculture.

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