TIRUPATI,
Books are taken in a
palanquin to mark the inaugural of the Tirupati Book Festival on Saturday.
The temple
city of Tirupati has witnessed several pageants in the past like the procession
of deities, motorcade of political parties during road shows or demonstrations
by working classes, but this one surely was different.
The procession of books from Mahati Auditorium to Sri
Venkateswara High School Grounds marked the beginning of the ninth Tirupati
Book Festival organised by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Tirupati Kendra on
Saturday. It gave an altogether new dimension to the way books are viewed: they
were equated to something divine and a must-possess. Religious and spiritual
books including Srimad Bhagavatham and Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam, along with a
portrait of goddess Saraswati, were carried on a flower-bedecked palanquin by
book enthusiasts to the venue, where Collector Siddharth Jain inaugurated the
nine-day event.
The sprawling ground has over 87 stalls.
Religious
and spiritual books including Srimad Bhagavatham and Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam,
along with a portrait of Goddess Saraswati, were carried on a flower-bedecked
palanquin by book enthusiasts including Bhavan’s Director N. Satyanarayana Raju
to the venue.Source Info
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