Assam observes Silpi Divas today

Assam observed Silpi Divas across the State to commemorate the death anniversary of Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwala on Thursday.

Various cultural functions, including competitions of Jyoti Sangeet and seminars were organized in many places to mark the occasion. In Tezpur, the birthplace of the cultural icon of Assam, Artist Forum of Assam organized an exhibition, where renowned artists Noni Borpujari and Pankaj Bordoloi took part.

Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal remembered the freedom fighter on the occasion.

শিল্পী দিৱসত ৰূপকোঁৱৰ জ্যোতিপ্ৰসাদ আগৰৱালাদেৱলৈ গভীৰ শ্ৰদ্ধাঞ্জলি জ্ঞাপন কৰিলোঁ।

ভাৰতৰ স্বাধীনতা সংগ্ৰামৰপৰা আৰম্ভ কৰি অসমৰ সাহিত্য আৰু কলা-সংস্কৃতিৰ জগতলৈ তেখেতে যি অনবদ্য অৱদান আগবঢ়াই থৈ গ'ল, সেয়া নতুন প্ৰজন্মৰ বাবে সৃষ্টিৰ অনুপ্ৰেৰণা হৈ ৰ'ব।#SilpiDiwas#JyotiPrasadAgarwala pic.twitter.com/qvwHmyJ9AZ

— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) January 17, 2019

Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi also tweeted on Silpi Divas.

Remembering Assamese cultural icon, eminent writer and first Assamese Film Maker Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwala on his death anniversary.#SilpiDivas

— Tarun Gogoi (@tarun_gogoi) January 17, 2019