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Shakuntala Bharne, Vocalist and All India Radio announcer
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... singers Shakuntala Bharne, Oluv and others added to the musical quotient.
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येत्या २६ एप्रिल रोजीही काव्यवाचनाचा कार्यक्रम आयोजित करण्यात आला असून यामध्ये हितेन आनंदपरा, शकुंतला भरणे, प्रशांत मोरे व दयालखी जशनानी हे कवी सहभागी होणार आहेत
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कार्यक्रमाचे निवेदन दुर्गाकुमार नावती, सौ. दिपा मिरिंगकर, सौ. शकुंतला भरणे, धर्मानंद गोलतकर, नरेंद्र तारी, गिरीश वेळगेकर व चिन्मय घैसास हे करणार आहे.
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