Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu presented Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan with the Kalinga Ratna Award for the year 2021.
The award was presented during the celebrations for the 600th birthday of Adikabi Sarala Das and the 40th annual celebrations of Sarala Sahitya Sandad organized in Sarala Bhawan in Cuttack on Friday.
The award carried a silver statue of the goddess Saraswati and a copper plaque.
The Governor of Odisha, Prof. Ganeshi Lal, the Minister of the Union for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan, the President of Sarala Sahitya Sansad, Dr. Prabhakar Swain, and several poets and writers participated in the program.