Abhinava Gavisiddeshwara visits Dasara book fair
Abhinava Gavisiddeshwara of Gavimutt, Koppal, who recently inaugurated the Mysuru Dasara festivities, visited the Dasara Book Fair. He spent over an hour exploring various stalls, showing particular interest in Kannada books and noting down titles and authors.
Why it matters
This event highlights the cultural significance of the Dasara festival and promotes reading and literature, especially Kannada books, by featuring a prominent spiritual leader's engagement.
Abhinava Gavisiddeshwara of Gavimutt, Koppal, who inaugurated the Mysuru Dasara festivities on Sunday, visited the Dasara Book Fair on Monday and browsed through a wide range of books on display.
The book fair, organised as part of Mysuru Dasara-2026, is being held at the Bharat Scouts and Guides grounds from October 11 to 20, featuring a discount sale of Kannada books.
The seer spent more than an hour visiting various stalls and browsing through books across different genres. He showed particular interest in the titles and authors, and noted down the names of some books and their authors in his personal notebook.
Several publishers also presented books brought out by their respective publishing houses to the seer during his visit.
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