THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Santhigiri Fest 2012 will begin in the first week of April. The information and publicity office of the festival was opened at Poolanthara at Pothencode near here the other day. The two-month-long fest is being organised in connection with the Navaoli Jyothir dinam which falls on May 6. Swami Vandanaroopan Jnana Thapaswi, Ashram’s Operations Department in-charge, opened the publicity office. Manikkal panchayat president K Thankappan Nair, vice-president Sudharmini, welfare standing committee chairman Balamurali and INTUC mandalam committee president Kirandas attended the function. Exhibitions focussing on entertainment and education, amusement park and stalls on higher education will be part of the exhibition. More than 50 information centres will be opened by central and state government bodies, NGOs and other agencies. Photography and painting exhibitions, rainwater harvesting projects and organic farming methods etc will also be exhibited. Another attraction would be the typical Kerala model village with thatched house, courtyard, well, cultivated land, bullock cart, village radio, reading room etc.
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