Kanakadas Jayanti was celebrated

The large Keerthana Sahiyta writer Kanakadas Jayanti was celebrated successful Yadgir and Raichur connected Saturday.

The representation of Kanakadas was carried retired connected a main thoroughfare successful a expansive procession.

In Raichur, Minister for Minor Irrigation N.S. Boseraju flagged disconnected the procession which began from Kanakadas Circle and concluded astatine Siddaram Jambaladinni Ranga Mandir, passing done Basaveshwar Circle and Ambedkar Circle.

Chairman of the Karnataka Scheduled Tribes Development Board and MLA Basanagouda Daddal, who inaugurated the signifier programme astatine Ranga Mandir, said that Kanakadas was a large philosopher and writer. He played a cardinal relation successful the Bhakti movement. Kanakadasa’s keertanas are inactive existing and showing a way successful which lakhs of followers are starring to a bully life.

Pranesh Kulkarni, lecturer, gave a peculiar seminar astir Kanakadas. He said that Kanakadas was 1 among 250 poets nether the Das heritage. His keethanas are against the caste strategy and favour spiritualism, which helium followed successful his life.

MLA Shivaraj Patil, MLA A. Vasanth Kumar and Deputy Commissioner Nitish K. besides spoke.

In a akin programme astatine Yadgir, MLA Channareddy Patil Tunnur said that Kanakadas was a large societal reformer. He opposed the caste discrimination, penning galore Keethanas.

Deputy Commissioner Harshal Bhoyar paid floral tribute to Kanakadas.

Private organisations besides celebrated the Jayanti successful a expansive manner.