Dasara poets convention to be held from Sept. 23 to 27 in Mysuru

This yr’s Dasara poets’ convention shall be held from September 23 to 27 and the five-day poetry programme shall be topped by simultaneous rendering of the State anthem ‘Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate’ by hundreds of scholars and musicians.

The mass rendering of the ‘Naada Geethe’ will happen on the opening day of the convention and is ready to be one of many show-piece occasions as this yr marks the centenary of the State anthem, in keeping with the organisers. M.Okay. Savitha, Registrar, University of Mysore, informed presspersons right here on Saturday that hundreds of scholars and famous musicians will take part unison to sing the anthem on the inaugural day of the convention on the Open Air Auditorium on Manasagangotri campus.

Speaking after releasing the poster of the Dasara poetry convention, which shall be carried out beneath the joint auspices of the Dasara Kavighoshti sub-committee and the University of Mysore, Ms. Savitha mentioned that it’s an act of homage to the poet laureate Kuvempu.

Around 15,000 to twenty,000 college students from varied faculties, together with 100 reputed music ensembles and celebrated vocalists, will collectively sing the ‘Naada Geethe’ as a tribute to Kuvempu, she added.

Lolakshi, secretary of the Dasara Kavighoshti sub-committee, mentioned this yr’s conclave shall be hosted over 5 days on the B.M. Sri Hall of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, Manasagangotri. It shall be inaugurated on September 23 and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah may also be current, she added.

Each day shall be marked by a particular theme and the primary day’s convention shall be inaugurated by Aravinda Malagatti, a professor. It shall be a veritable confluence of feelings with renderings by baby poets, senior poets, and younger voices from Mysuru, Hassan, Mandya, Kodagu, and Chamarajanagar districts.

On September 24, the occasion shall be inaugurated by lyricist Jogi Prem and shall be a discussion board to replicate on the idea of ‘Kannada Identity’,and poets representing marginalised communities within the society, like orphans, the in a different way abled, gender minorities, civic employees, and so on., — will share their lived experiences.

The occasions on September 25 shall be inaugurated by Pramod Maravante, and the important thing programme shall be a duel of brief verses with a touch of humour. Nanjayya Honganuru, a famend folklorist, will inaugurate the programme on September 26 with artists bringing alive people songs. The auditorium may also resound to the tune of kamsales, tamburas, flutes, and so on.

On the final day on September 27, poets from 31 districts will make their presence felt by poetry, and the occasion shall be inaugurated by author and litterateur C.P. Krishna Kumar. Deputy Special Officer G. Somashekar and Dasara poetry sub-committee members had been amongst these current.