Eighteenth All India Marathi Jain Sahitya Sammelan will be held at Aurangabad (Maharashtra) on 7th and 8th February 2009.
There will be various seminars on Marathi literature by Jains and Jain literature in Marathi. Selected writers and scholars will be awarded for their works. There will be a Kavi Sammelan also.
Many Marathi books will be published on the occasion.
This is first time that Marathi Jain Sahitya Sammelan is being held in Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
Justice Bhalchandra Vagyani is elected as President of this sammelan, while Mr. Rajendra Darda (MLA), the editor of Marathi daily Lokmat is the host.
The venue is Hirachand Kasliwal Gandharv Vidyalay Parisar at Shahaganj, Aurangabad.
This was announced by Dr. Ravsaheb Patil, Secretary of Maharashtra Jain Sahitya Parishad, Kolhapur in a Press conference at Solapur.
Dr. Ravsaheb Patil: 0 9822978747