Port Blair, Dec. 28: Hasya Poets from the mainland presented their humorous compositions delighting the gathering at the ITF Ground with bouts of laughter during the Hasya Kavi Sammelan organized by the Department of Official Language, A&N Administration at ITF Ground here today as part of part of the ongoing Island Tourism Festival- 2023.

The Kavi sammelan was moderated by noted Poet Dr. Sarvesh Kumar Asthana. The other poets who presented the poems of satire included Hemant Pandey, Dr. Praveen Shukla, Shri Dinesh Raghuvanshi and Dr. Sonrupa Vishal. The poets presented poems of different hues leaving the audience in peals of laughter. The poets through their poetry also paid rich tributes to the freedom fighters and described these Islands as place of pilgrimage.