Mysuru: Heavy rush was witnessed at all the venues on the last day of the three-day 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in city. Today being a Sunday, thousands of people attended the seminars and thronged the book and other stalls. The main venue of the Lit Fest, Maharaja’s College Grounds, was testimony to the huge crowd with people listening to speakers in rapt attention while several others moved around the venue keen to meet writers and other eminent personalities. Curtains will come down on the Sammelana this evening with the valedictory to take place at Maharaja’s College Grounds. Senior litterateur Dr. H.S. Venkatesh Murthy will deliver the valedictory address from Rajarshi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Mahamantapa at 4.15 pm. Union Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar and Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H.K. Patil will be the guests of honour. Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Manu Baligar will read out the resolutions passed at the Sammelana, in the presence of Sammelana President Prof. Chandrashekar Patil (Champa).
