Nashik to host global Marathi conference

The city will host the fourth edition of the World Marathi Conference beginning February 27, which will be inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Notably, Marathi Language Pride Day is celebrated every year on February 27, the birth anniversary of the Jnanpith Award-winning poet Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, popularly known as Kusumagraj.
The event is organised with the aim of spreading Marathi, which was accorded a classical language status, literature and culture on a global scale, organisers said.