Mysuru: The 83rd edition of Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana began with great fervour at Maharaja’s College Grounds in city yesterday. The Sammelana was inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah in the presence of Sammelana President Prof. Chandrashekar Patil, popular as Champa, Mysuru District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Mayor M.J. Ravikumar, MLA M.K. Somashekar, Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Manu Baligar, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna, littérateur Dr. Baragur Ramachandrappa, ZP President Nayeema Sultana and a host of other dignitaries.
