PM Modi to address International Bharati Festival today
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the International Bharati Festival, 2020 on Friday, December 11, via video conferencing, the Prime Minister’s Office informed on Thursday.
The event is being conducted as part of the 138th birth anniversary celebration of Tamil poet and writer Mahakavi Subramanya Bharati.
PM Modi will address the event via video conferencing and also present the Bharati award, K Ravi said.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the International Bharati Festival, 2020 on December 11, 2020, at 04:30 pm via video conferencing. This year the festival is being organised in virtual mode and will see the participation of several national and international poets and artists,” the PMO said.
Every year the award is conferred on eminent persons who have done laudable service in any field of social relevance.
Tamil Nadu Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Nadu Tamil Culture and Archaeology K Pandiarajan, would also address the festival, K Ravi said.
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