The 16th Dharwad Zilla Kannada Sahitya Sammelan will be held at Sannidhi Kalakshetra on JSS campus in Dharwad for two days with senior writer Siddhalinga Pattanashetti inaugurating it at 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday. Trade union leader, academic and writer K.S. Sharma has been chosen as the Sammelan Sarvadhyaksha.
Addressing presspersons in Dharwad on Monday, president of Dharwad Zilla Kannada Sahitya Parishat Lingaraj Angadi said that the literary festival will begin with the hoisting of the tri-colour by Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu and Kannada flag by writer Venkatesh Machaknur at 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday.
At 9.30 a.m., Prof. Sharma will be taken out in a procession in an embellished chariot accompanied by various folk troupes to the venue from the Sahitya Bhavan, he said.