more-inThe much awaited annual event - ‘12th Tirupati Book Festival’, organised for nine-days by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) - Tirupati Kendra, began on a grand note with procession of holy scriptures from Mahati auditorium to its venue at S.V. High School grounds, here on Saturday. As a part of the tradition followed every year by the organisers, the scriptures such Srimad Bhagavatham, Ramayanam, were taken in a palanquin till the venue, indicating the commencement of the book festival. Deputy Speaker Mandali Buddha Prasad, accompanied by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Director-Treasurer and Convenor of Tirupati Book Festival N. Satyanarayana Raju, Renowned Scholar Medasani Mohan and other dignitaries, took part in the inaugural ceremony and later went around the book stalls.

Source: The Hindu February 03, 2018 17:54 UTC