SJ.HALADHAR DHIR
Bangalore|Bhubaneswar 3.9.2026 [ADN]: Amidst all diversity, Odia language, literature, art, and culture have proved their excellence. The art and sculp-ture of Konark and the Patitapaban flag of Lord Sri Jagannath have been provid-ing the message of peace and friendship to the entire world. The sacred flag npatitapabana has been making e the whole world to listen to the eternal voice of human values. ?Language creates the identity e of a community and enhances n its glory. In spite of linguistic e diversity, the languages and t culture of India create a bridge — of unity among the Indian people. This has astonished people across the globe, as highlighted during a special festival of literature and culture organized by Chalapatha-the oldest institution of literature and culture-in Odisha, in co-operation with the working members of the Bangalore Multi-Language Organisation
and The Green Ter-races Association. The veteran litera-ture expert, poet, and astrologer, re-searcher from Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Anil Kumar Srivatsav, inaugurated the oc-casion, while veteran writer and poet from Rajasthan, Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Keswani, at-tended as the chief guest. Mr. Haladhar Dhir, the founder-cum-secretary of Chalapatha, high-lighted the achievements and contributions of the organiza-tion, while other invited guests Mr. Pramod Kumar dokania, Prashant parakh, Smt Geeta Agarwal, Smt Shabnam bala, Smt Ruchika Bhargava, Smt Anjali parakh,Dr. M.K. Malla, Hariom Agarwal, Dr. Raghunathan Potty, Vimal Kumar Daga, Sushant Kumar Panda, Sudeep Bharbava, Sr. Jour-nalist Gautam Chakraborty, Lajpat Ray Sachan, Sanjay
Kumar, Arun Gauvale, Narendra Shrivastav, Narendra yadav, Sanjeev Rao. Sunil Kumar bairiyar, rendered their valuable speeches.
During the festival, veteran in-dustrialist and writer from Ban-galore, Mr. Hariom Agarwal, was conferred the “Chalapatha Samman-2026” for his multifac-eted talents. Eminent literary personalities from Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Haryana, and Jammu & Kashmir participated in the festival.
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