Vidyapati Samaroh at Bokaro

Shashank Shekhar

Bokaro ( Jharkhand) : A grand cultural programme concluded here at Mitihila Academy on April 15, 2018, night,  marking the 51^st Vidyapati Smriti Parv Samaroh. The highlight of the programme was the gathering of artists from Mithila Parishad and across the country. The two-day programme was inaugurated by Bihar Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Vinod Narayan Jha  along with the Chief Guest of the day P K Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Bokaro Steel Plant.

The programme performances included dance, song and drama in Maithili language. Local MLA Viranchi Narayan and S K Singh, ED (Works), Bokaro Steel were also present. Bihar Minister Vinod Narayan Jha lauded Mithila Parishad for holding such a fabulous programme at Bokaro Steel City of Jharkhand and congratulated the BJP government in Jharkhand which he said has done a good job by according Maithili Language the status of  the second language of the state.

Speaking on the occasion, P K Singh appreciated the contributions of Vidyapati. He urged the participants to keep the wisdom of Vidyapati alive. Biranchi Narayan said that there is no comparison of the wisdom that Vidyapati possessed. General Secretary Rajendra Kumar read out the Annual Report of the Parishad while the welcome speech was given by the president of the Parishad K K Thakur. Arun Pathak was the Programme Director of the event.

The programme began with expressive dance performance on a devotional song ‘Jai Jai Bhairavi’ performed by Prachi Priya and Akshita Pathak. Members of Mithila Mahila Samiti including Amita Jha, Anju Jha, Kiran Mishra, Poonam Mishra, Priti Rai, Jayanti Pathak, Chanda Jha, Poonam Singh, Asha Jha and Bharati Jha presented a group song ‘Ram Lakhan San Pahun Jinkar’. Arun Pathak, Amar Anand, Sneha Jha, Rajesh Thakur, Babli Chaudhary, Ranjana Rai, Pooja Jha were prominent among the artists performing on the occasion. A special drama ‘IJOTH’ was also staged.