Amaravati, April 3: Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan has been conferred with the ‘Kalinga Ratna’ award for this year by the Sarala Sahitya Sansad.
The award was presented to Harichandan on Friday by Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on the 600th birth anniversary of Adikabi Sarala Das. The award was a part of the 40th annual celebrations of Sarala Sahitya Sansad held at Sarala Bhawan in Cuttack.
Naidu congratulated Harichandan for winning the award.
The Governor said that literary works should be in a manner that they attract children and noted that anything learnt in one’s mother tongue will never be forgotten. (IANS)
