Annual Festival of Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan held at Sawai Gandharv

On the evening of January 21, NBBSS, celebrated its annual festival of Pune Chapter. Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan, a 95 year old organisation from Benaras. The organisation was formed in the city of Benaras, in the year 1923 by Rabindranath Tagore. This has now various branches all across the country. The Pune chapter was formed in the year 2010.

The evening was started by two eminent classical vocal singers Dr.Kaberi Kar, a Dhrupad expert with being an academician and Dr. Sandhya Kathavate, a kheyal and light classical maestro.

Sandhya Kathavate took off the evening with and thereafter she presented two . She was accompanied by Sri Chaitanya Kunte in harmonium and Sri Mahesh Salunke.
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The audiences enjoyed the performances and music enthusiasts from the city were spotted here in great numbers. NBBSS also publishes a Bengali literary magazine named ‘Pune Bangadarpan’ which were also distributed amongst the spectators.

--moumita.chakraborty@timesgroup.com