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Patna divisional commissioner Anand Kishor felicitates an artist at the concluding ceremony of the 24th Patna Book Fair, organised jointly by Centre for Readership Development and the art, culture, and youth affairs department, on Monday.

TT Bureau Published 12.12.17, 12:00 AM

**CURTAINS:** Patna divisional commissioner Anand Kishor felicitates an artist at the concluding ceremony of the 24th Patna Book Fair, organised jointly by Centre for Readership Development and the art, culture, and youth affairs department, on Monday. Four artists under the age of 35 and a writer were honoured.Anubhuti was given the Vidyapati prize in Lok Sahitya written in Hindi, Murari Jha was given the Yakshini award in art, Kumar Ravikant was given the Bhikhari Thakur prize for writing books in Bhojpuri, Charusmita with the Surendra Pratap Singh Smriti Award and Dr Ajit Pradhan was given the Bihar Bharti Award. Each award comprised a certificate, Rs 9,000, and a momento. Revika, a Class VIII student, and Neha received awards for the best painting and for the best selfie, respectively. Text by Aarushi Agrawal and picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh

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