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CiNaRe's 88th birth anniversary celebrations begin
Marking the 88th birth anniversary celebrations of literary C Narayanreddy (CiNaRe), the literary legend, hundreds of literary experts from across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Wanaparthy: Marking the 88th birth anniversary celebrations of literary C Narayanreddy (CiNaRe), the literary legend, hundreds of literary experts from across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh descended on Polytechnic college grounds in Wanaparthy district and paid tributes to the great legend and took part in various programmes on Sunday.
The literary legend had won Padmasri, Padmabhushan and Ganapeeth awards for his impeccable writings in Telugu language.
While inaugurating the birth celebrations of CiNaRe, Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy along with Nandini Siddha Reddy, Chairman of Sahiti Academy, government of Telangana, lighted the welcome lamp.
The birth celebrations of CiNaRe were celebrated with the coordination of C Narayan Reddy Jayanti Utswa Committee and Telugu Language and Literary Culture Department. The leaders garlanded the photo of CiNaRe and later launched the photo exhibition.
Before beginning the programme, the literary experts first visited the Telangana Amaraveerula Stupam and garlanded the photo of Jaipal Reddy and Mother of Singireddy Niranjan Reddy and observed two minutes of silence on the occasion.
Desapathi Srinivas, Chief Minister's Officer on Special Duty (OSD) described the literary legend as 'Janranjaka Kavi' and paid his tributes for the great literary personality marking his 88th birth celebrations.
"The celebrations of CiNaRe itself tell us that the Telangana society is moving towards real development. Never before had any government celebrated the anniversary of any poet in such a grand manner," said Desapathi Srinivas.
He thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for giving such a great honour to the literary legend and said in Telangana literature great poets will flourish with the support of a patriotic leader like K Chandrashekar Rao.
Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy said "CiNaRe is like an Everest, as long as Telugu language is there CiNaRe will be alive through his great poems, stories, films songs. We can never imagine the present-day literature without CiNaRe."
