Preparationsfor the 89th annual conference of Srimanta Sankardeva Sangha are going on infull swing. The conference will be held at Kamargaon in Numaligarh underGolaghat district. The annual conferencewill be held from February 5 to February 8 at Mohura Dihingiya Pothar, whichhas been named as 'World Heritage Kaziranga Samannay Kshetra'.
According to Chandrakanta Bhuyan, the general secretary of the reception committee, 80 percent of work for the conference has been completed. Talking to this correspondent, Bhuyan said, "Hundreds of volunteers are working day and night to prepare pandals, Namghar, kitchen, food court and camps for the representatives. The sub-committees are also working with full coordination and in full swing to make the event a grand success."
People andorganizations from various sections of society belonging to various religiousand socio-cultural identities have come forward to contribute towards makingthe event a grand success. Various structures are being prepared to shelterdevotees and representatives. A large number of volunteers are working in theagricultural fields and have been engaged in preparing and collecting fruitsand vegetables to feed the devotees at the conference. The Namghar Aashan willalso be established at the conference site on January 19. To review thepreparation for the annual conference, an important meeting of the steeringcommittee was held in the office of the reception committee at the conferencesite on Friday.
One of themembers of the reception committee said that even though the preparations forthe conference were going on in full swing, lack of funds was a greatchallenge. The organizers said that any donation was welcome.
The Education Department of the Assam Government had recently announced the third round of Gunotsav from February 4 to February 7, which is consecutive to the dates of the annual conference. The Srimanta Sankardev Sangha has requested the Assam Government to postpone the Gunotsav program. Secretary of the reception committee said, "We are expecting everyone to take part. A large number of teachers, students and other employees of the education department are already connected and are a part of the Srimanta Sankardev Sangha. We request the Assam Government to reschedule the Gunotsav program. We have already dispatched request letters to the department concerned and officials, asking them to postpone the Gunotsav program."
As a whole, Kamargaon, Numaligarh is all set for the 89th session of the Srimanta Sankardev Sangha. There will be a series of socio-cultural and religious activities in the program. The surrounding of the conference site will also be decorated with different species of flowers. It is expected that more than 35 lakh devotees will be present at the annual conference of the Srimanta Sankardev Sangha this year.
