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Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker, the man behind the ‘Library Movement in Kerala’, spent his lifetime cultivating a rich reading culture in Kerala. His remarkable efforts also reflect on the outstanding literacy record Kerala has been maintaining over the years. To commemorate his contribution, the country observes the national reading day on June 19.
Every year on Panicker’s death anniversary, the PN Panicker Foundation has been observing the national reading day, reading week, and reading month since 1996. This year, the country is celebrating the 26th national reading day.
Engaging students and adults alike, the foundation also organises various online activities and competitions. Owing to the ongoing second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation has organized activities that motivate reading online. A month-long ‘digital reading celebration' begins today and will continue till July 18.
Malayalam department conducting reading day celebrations in Friday in online mode.
Different types of programs where conducted Malayalam department. Quiz competition, study room preparation, short story writing competition, Cartoon making competition, author identification competition, cover page making competition.
Programmes
P N PANICKAR
Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker (1 March 1909 – 19 June 1995) is known as the Father of the Library Movement in the Indian state of Kerala.[1] The activities of the Kerala Grandhasala Sangham that he initiated triggered a popular cultural movement in Kerala which produced universal literacy in the state in the 1990s.
Panicker on a 2004 stamp of India
June 19, his death anniversary, has been observed in Kerala as Vayanadinam (Reading Day) since 1996.The Department of Education in Kerala also observes Vayana varam (Reading Week) for a week from June 19 to 25.[2]
In 2017, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared June 19, Kerala's Reading Day, as National Reading Day in India. The following month is also observed as National Reading Month in India.
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