Overview

• Speaking at the inauguration, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister urged children and youth to cut smartphone use and read at least one hour daily.
• The festival runs from September 20 to 28 and is open daily from 11 am to 8 pm, according to event details shared at the venue.
• Organizers highlighted more than 250 stalls offering books across genres and languages, from children’s titles to works by noted authors.
• Adityanath presented students with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s book Exam Warriors and gifted books to Anganwadi workers at the launch.
• He framed reading as part of India’s knowledge tradition, citing figures such as Yajnavalkya, Valmiki, and Tulsidas, with officials including Yogendra Upadhyay, Awanish Awasthi, Milind Sudhakar Marathe, Manuka Khanna, Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, and Yuvraj Malik attending.