India, Feb. 27 -- In a momentous tribute to the literature of Maharashtra, Shirwade-Vani, the ancestral village of renowned poet Kusumagraj, is set to be officially declared a 'Poetry Village' on February 27, coinciding with Marathi Language Day and his birth anniversary. Marathi language and industries minister Uday Samant will make the formal announcement and inaugurate a poetry gallery in the village.

The initiative, spearheaded by the Maharashtra government in collaboration with the Marathi Language Ministry, the State Marathi Vikas Sanstha and the Shirwade-Vani Gram Panchayat, follows the success of the first Poetry Village established in Ubhadanda, Vengurla, the birthplace of poet Mangesh Padgaonkar.

"The poetry village in Shirwad...