Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KATRA, Oct 24: The Nine day long Navratra Festival in the holy town of Katra came to a musical end last evening with Sanjeet Kumar of Katra adjudged as best singer at the grand finale of All India Devotional Song Contest.
The son of the soil Sanjeet bagged the prestigious first prize in the mega final event of All India Devotional Song Competition, which was organized by the Department of Tourism, J&K Government, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) Katra, District Administration, Reasi and different local associations of Katra.
Sanjeet Kumar originally hails from Katra and is presently putting up at Mumbai. He is the disciple of renowned Bollywood Singer, Suresh Wadekar.
Chandan Kumar of Jammu clinched second, while third prize was shared by Mohinder Soni and Mukteshi Sharma both from Jammu respectively in the bhaint competition.
Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Pardeep Gupta was the chief guest on the occasion.
MLA, Reasi, Baldev Raj Sharma, Additional Chief Executive Officer Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Dr Mandeep K Bhandari, Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, P K Pole, Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, Nirmal Sharma, Director Tourism, R S Mehta, Joint Director Information, Soujanya Sharma, Additional SP, Katra, Mohan Lal, Members of Navratra Festival Celebration Committee, prominent citizens, besides a large number of local people and pilgrims were also present on the occasion.
Noted Bollywood personalities, including Managing Director of Venus Tapes and Records, Ganesh Jain, Managing Director of Tips Industries Ltd, Ramesh Taurani, Producer Director, Madhur Bhandarkar, Trade Analyst and Producer, Vikas Mohan, Chief Executive Officer, Zee Jagran, Barkha Arora, were the judges for the mega final.
Speaking on the occasion, Divisional Commissioner Mr. Pardeep Gupta complemented the Managing Committee of Navratra Festival and other organizations for extending their cooperation in making the event a grand success. He said that the annual festival was gaining prominence at national and even at international level besides providing a platform to the budding artists.
Addl. CEO, SMVDSB, Katra, while speaking on the occasion lauded the sincere efforts of all organizations associated with the Navratra festival for its successful culmination.
Chairman, All India Devotional Song Committee, Katra, Rakesh Wazir conducted the proceedings of the programs in a most professional manner.
The chief guest also gave away prizes worth Rs one lakh in shape of gold to the first winner, Cheques amounting to Rs 25,000/- and Rs 15,000 to second and third runner ups respectively.
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