Kolavira, 30/11 (Fast News Odisha) – Thirteenth Star Day ceremony of Samleswari Literature Parliament in Kolavira, Jharsuguda district, state-level poet conference and the unveiling of Mukshalay Agnitirth of the Parliament were held on Sunday in a grand ceremony at the local Shaheed Karunakar Park. Landlord Veer Amarendra Pratap Singh joined the opening ceremony and launched the Saraswat festival with the worship of Lord Jagannath, Maa Samlei and Maa Dang Kali. Sanjay Kumar Panda, a prominent writer of Boudh district and former finance committee member of the state, joined as the main speaker and said that education and literature are complementary to each other and described the improvement of education in the improvement of literature. Mr. Panda expressed gratitude for the long struggle of 13 years. Retired professor of Sambalpur, Devraj Sahu, attended as special guest. Retired administrative officer of Angul, Muralidhar Naik, former member of Odisha Sahitya Academy and lawyer Prafulla Kumar Mohapatra attended as honored guests. A silent prayer was offered in memory of the author. On this occasion, the annual compilation of Samlaswari Sahitya Parliament Agnitirtha was launched. On this occasion, Smiri Farua written by eminent poet Rajshree Meher was launched. Seva Baridhi Honor to Pradeep Kumar Panda, Sambalpur Dr. Kaviratna Award to Mamata Priyadarshini Sahu, Seva Bharati Award to Nina Patel of Kuchinda, Abanti Memorial Award to Sasmita Grahacharya of Khurda, Kuntala Kumari Award to Sasmita Patel of Kuchinda, Naveen Memorial Award to Vyasdev Panda of Brijrajnagar, Rinky Mahanand of Vatlida Awarded Teacher Award, Himanshu Mishra of Tarva Awarded Black Bhushan Honours, Omrit Kumar Vishwal of Gadposh was awarded Teacher Honor, Ashok Kumar Mishra of Devagarh was given Sahitya Survi Award, Suprit Patel of Kankmal was given Abanti Memorial Award, Meera Naik of Arda was given Honorable Mention, Saroj Kumar Tandkar of Kolavira was awarded Teacher Honorable Mention, Sumant Sahu of Subarnapur was honored with Art Baridhi Award and was honored with a plaque and citation. Kirti Chandra, editor of Sahitya Parliament, invited the guest and introduced the editor l Pandit Tailokyanath Mahapatra conducted the stage l In the end the moderator Scindra Kumar Patel gave vote of thanks l The poetry of Devendra Sahu, a Sambali comic poet of Bargarh Bhatli was very touching l A cultural program was presented by the students of Samasingha Kshirod Gountia Girls High School l A A total of 29 people donated blood in the blood donation camp held on the occasion. Silabanti Jojo, Staff Manju Singh, Kiran Sahu, Bhavani Shankar Sunyani, Dilip Banchore were major contributors l In addition free eye examination camp was conducted by Trilochan Eye Clinic l In which 88 people were examined and 48 people were given spectacles free of cost and 8 people were taken for cataract surgery l In this along with Suryakanti Naik, Phirrani Priseth and others cooperated l Apart from this, Ava volunteer organization organized health camp and conducted blood test for Hepatitis B and C, AIDS etc. Dr. S. c. Naik, Program Manager Namit Raut, Counselor Mamta Pan, Health Educator Vivek Bodek, Himanshu Dani and Priya Singh were key contributors. Ashok Kumar Behera, Saroj Tandkar, Dekshish Singh Thakur, Satyanarayan Dash, Sukant Sahu, Praveen Sahu, Manoj Pradhan, Basant Sahu, Kunal Uhidhar, Babu Rai, Vismadeb Patel, Tularam Captain, Sunand Patel, Nirmal Chand, Yoginder Rai, Biranchi Patel, Bhimsen Bhanj, Shrimant Sahu, Asitdar Ini, Okar Sahu Major contributed by other members l Report by Sameer Kumar Patel from Collabira (Fast News Odisha)