'Kavya Sandhya' Organised At Chief Minister's Residence

5 Dariya News

Shimla 22-Jul-2013

It was first time in the history of State that 'Kavya Sandhya' was organised at the residence of Chief Minister Shri Virbhadra Singh last evening. Governor Smt. Urmila Singh, Chief Minister Shri Virbhadra Singh, Member of Parliament Shri Janardan Dwivedi, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Shri Brij Bihari Lal Butail and Members of State Cabinet were also present on the occasion. The poetic symposium was organised jointly by Information and Public Relations Department and Language, Art  & Culture Department in which noted poets and litterateurs from all over the State participated. 

On the occasion, Chief Minister said that the poets and writers of the State had made valuable contributions in highlighting the traditions, culture and customs of the State and the State Government was  endeavoured for  their promotion so that the rich traditions of the State were highlighted and gain prominence at national and international levels. He appreciated the participation of poets and writers of the State in 'Kavya Sandhya' for promotion of State's rich customs and culture.

Shri Virbhadra Singh welcomed the poets by honouring them shawl and Himachali cap. Shri Janardan Dwivedi also read out his poems on the occasion and stressed on proper uses of words during expressing oneself in such symposium.Shri Dwivedi orated his poetry containing value based messages which he had composed almost four decades back. Prof. ADN Bajpai, Shri Keshav, Shri Sudarshan Vashishth, Smt. Rekha, Shri Gurmeet Bedi, Shri Tej Ram Sharma, Shri Kuldeep Sharma, Shri Kul Rajeev Pant, Shri Atma Ranjan, Smt. Rekha Vashisht, Shri Shahid Anjum, Saroj Parma and Shri Rajeev Trigarti also participated in the 'Kavya Sandhya' and gave a message of oneness, hard work, commitment, devotion and duty in day to day life.