Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Oct 23: In the semi final of Navratra Festival’s All India Devotional Song Competition, 5 participants who have qualified for the mega final, included Sukhjinder from Punjab, Anmol Raj from Hoshiarpur, Laisel Rai from Chandigarh, Stenzin from Ladakh and Rajeev Salotra from Jammu.
There were total 16 participants who had qualified for the semi-final through preliminary rounds of competitions, quarter final.
The competition was adjudged by the panels of experts in music including celebrity singer Shanker Sawhney Dr Surinder Kumar Sharma, Dr C L Verma and Dr Usha Bhagati.
Famous celebrity singer Shanker Sawhney who had come all the way for performing in the event, enthralled the audience with his melodious songs and the total environment of the venue became spiritual and likewise the previous winners of the Competition including Anjusha and Ravi Kumar mesmerised the audience with their beautiful songs and the people were seen dancing and singing on her tunes.
Proceedings of the event were conducted by Rakesh Wazir, Chairman of the said Competition who said that winner of the competition will be awarded with Gold worth Rs 03 Lakh besides recording contract with Venus World wide and likewise the 2nd and 3rd position holders will be provided with prizes of Rs one lakh and Rs 50,000/- respectively.