The 26th Dakshina Kannada District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be Held in Mangalore on March 23 & 24

The 26th Dakshina Kannada District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be Held in Mangalore on March 23 & 24

The 26th Dakshina Kannada District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, with the theme “Hesarayitu Karnataka, Usiragali Kannada”, will be held on March 23 and 24 at the Kudmul Ranga Rao Town Hall in Mangalore city.

The venue will be named as Amruta Someshwara Nagara after the late writer, the stage after Kannada patron the late Mijar Ananda Alva, the book exhibition stalls after the late writer Keshava Kudla, and the welcome arch by the late writer K.T. Gatti. Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Mahesh Joshi will inaugurate the sammelana while Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner M.P. Mullai Muhilan will inaugurate the book exhibition, Mr. Srinath said.

The organisers expect about 10 book stalls to open their shops during the sammelana while about 60 different stalls selling khadi and gramodyoga products, women SHG group products etc., are also expected on the occasion. There will be kavi goshts, press conferences by senior journalists and a variety of cultural programmes during the event/