
Satara to host 99th edition of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan
The responsibility to host the event has been given to Satara's Shahupuri branch of the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad and the Mavala Foundation.
"This will be the fourth time that Satarawill host the Sahitya Sammelan and the first time in 32 years. The last time Satara hosted the Sammelan was in 1993 under the chairmanship of Vidyadhar Gokhale," Milind Joshi, president of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, said.
Earlier, conferences were held in Satara in 1905, 1962, and 1993.
The Sammelanwill be held at Chhatrapati Shahu Stadium, the venue of the 1993 event.
It is spread across 14 acres and can accommodate 25,000 participants.
A committee visited various proposed venues between June 5 and 7.
Other organisations that expressed their wish to host it included Sadanand Sahitya Mandal (Audumbar), Ichalkaranji branch of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Dakshin Maharashtra Sahitya Sabha (Kolhapur), and Shahupuri branch (Satara) of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad. The Shahupuri branch actively pursued this opportunity for the last 12 years.
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Earlier this year, the 98th edition of the Sahitya Sammelan was held in New Delhi.
Pune: The 99th edition of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan will be held in Satara, members of the organisation announced after a meeting in Pune on Sunday.
The responsibility to host the event has been given to Satara's Shahupuri branch of the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad and the Mavala Foundation.
"This will be the fourth time that Satarawill host the Sahitya Sammelan and the first time in 32 years.
The last time Satara hosted the Sammelan was in 1993 under the chairmanship of Vidyadhar Gokhale," Milind Joshi, president of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, said.
Earlier, conferences were held in Satara in 1905, 1962, and 1993.
The Sammelanwill be held at Chhatrapati Shahu Stadium, the venue of the 1993 event. It is spread across 14 acres and can accommodate 25,000 participants.
A committee visited various proposed venues between June 5 and 7.
Other organisations that expressed their wish to host it included Sadanand Sahitya Mandal (Audumbar), Ichalkaranji branch of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Dakshin Maharashtra Sahitya Sabha (Kolhapur), and Shahupuri branch (Satara) of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad. The Shahupuri branch actively pursued this opportunity for the last 12 years. Earlier this year, the 98th edition of the Sahitya Sammelan was held in New Delhi.
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