Puri, Dec, 30: Under the auspices of the Puri District Voluntary Organizations Association, the State-Level Utkalamani Seva Samman ceremony was held at the local Sanskruti Bhavan.
Former MLA Jayant Kanungo, Deputy Director of the District Information and Public Relations Department Santosh Kumar Sethi, Jagannath culture researcher Professor Harihar Kanungo, State President and senior advocate Dhiren Ray, former councillors Manas Lenka and N. Balaram Reddy, President of the District Voluntary Organizations Association Chandamani Dei, and General Secretary Rina Ray attended the program as distinguished guests.
During the ceremony, 85 individuals from across the state were honored with the Utkalamani Seva Samman by the guests. Organization Secretary Lakshmi Narayan Das, District Secretary Sandhyarani Rath, executive members Krushna Chandra Das, Ramesh Chandra Mahanti, Soumya Mishra, and senior advocate Lala Ananta Kumar Singh extended their cooperation in organizing the event.
The program was conducted by Shyam Prakash Senapati.
The event was successfully organized with former MLA Jayant Kanungo, Shri Mandir Managing Committee member Madhusudan Singhar, senior advocate Bijay Kumar Mishra, and former Municipal Chairman Gaurahari Pradhan attending as chief guests.