Utkal Sammilani members observed the 96th death anniversary of Swabhab Kabi Gangadhra Meher individually in their houses at 9 am on Tuesday in view of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in the State.
Usually, the Sammilani’s Mancheshwar Industrial Estate Branch observes birth and death anniversaries of legendaries at its office here. As the coronavirus lockdown is now in force and gathering of any nature restricted now, it was unlikely that Meher’s death anniversary observed by the Sammilani. However, members were advised to make garlands of flowers in their house and offer it at photos of rooftops on their respective houses at 9 am. Accordingly, all members did that and the tradition of garlanding programme was not broken, said branch president Dillip Dashsharma.
