The walls of Baradari in Banasar Bagh, located in the heart of the erstwhile capital of Jind State, Sangrur, reverberated with dulcet classical notes from Gurbani as Hazoori Ragi Bhai Nirmal Singh ji held the kirtan durbar there.
This was a pious beginning for the Festival in a heritage location of the city, which has long history, said Karanvir Singh Sibia, Festival Director.
Later in the evening everyone congregated at the 125 years old Shahi Samadhan where homage was paid by 13th Punjab Regiment (Jind)'s band to the late Maharaja Gajpat Singh of Jind state, followed by Khula Durbar by Sidharth, famous writer and artist.
On the second day tomorrow, the literary festival would open at another heritage building, General Gurnam Singh Public School lawns at 10am with opening of exhibitions of ancient royal artefacts and antiques, paintings, calligraphy, etc.
The inaugural would see a presentation of Panjabi folk instruments along with the jugal bandi by over 13 artists using those instruments, followed by the morning session focussing on protectionof rich urban heritage, Saddat Hassan Manto's writings, and book readings of 'Mera Pind' by Gyani Gurdit Singh's novel, Saun-Shilap, and Dr Shivdev Singh Sidhu's "Beyond the Village Pond" with Kanwar Rani Brahm Prakash Kaur Brar of Faridkot, Dr. Tejinder Harjeet and Dr. Swaran Singh Boparai would be reading the excerpts of three books respectively.
PTC News is the media partner for the Festival and we are grateful to them for continuing to support our endeavour and we do hope that more and more people would be attracted to Sangrur, so that we can showcase what is new here.
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