The Samskritolsavam and the Arabic Sahityolsavam, being organised as part of the 55th State School Arts Festival in Kozhikode, will also consist of seminars and other events.
The Samskritolsavam is mainly held at the S.K. Pottekkat Hall in Puthiyara while a few competitions are being held at a classroom of the Model Higher Secondary School at Mananchira too.
A seminar will be held as part of the fete at Town Hall (renamed as Vidyavachaspathi V. Panoli Nagar) on January 19.
Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb will inaugurate it at 9.30 a.m. and Mayor A.K. Premajam will preside.
Procession
Director of Public Instruction K. Gopalakrishna Bhat will deliver the introductory address on the occasion. Vineetha Prabhakaran, daughter of V. Panoli, will be the torch-bearer in the procession that begins from the latter’s house at Thiruthiyad at 7.30 a.m.
It will be flagged off by former Vice Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit J. Prasad.
M.K. Raghavan, MP, will release a souvenir of the Samskritolsavam while Vice Chancellor of the Sanskrit university M.C. Dileep Kumar will be the chief guest. MLA A. Pradeepkumar will honour writer and Aksharaslokam exponent P. Chandrasekharan; the former Principal of Ayurveda College, Kottakkal, A.P. Haridasan; and the former Head of the Department of Sanskrit, University of Calicut, C. Rajendran on the occasion.
The Sanskrit seminar will be on the topic ‘Adhunikakaale Samskritanatakani Aswanadam Cha.’ M.K. Suresh Babu and C.K. Jayanthi from the Koyilandy and Tirur centres of the Sanskrit university will be the presenter and moderator respectively.
The Arabic Sahityolsavam will be held at the C.H. Hall on Red Cross Road while a few competitions will be organised at a classroom of the Model Higher Secondary School, Mananchira.
The Arabic seminar will be held at C.H. Hall at 10.30 a.m. Minister for Social Justice and Panchayats M.K. Muneer will inaugurate the programme. The seminar will be on the topic ‘Arabic and Information Technology.’ Deputy Mayor P.T. Abdul Latheef will preside over the programme.
Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb will honour the Arabic scholars at 12 noon while Mr. Bhat will preside.
MP to release Samskritolsavam souvenir
Rabb will honour scholars
