"46 authors and poets of Hindi literature will be participating in the festival which will take place on December 21 here," Convener of Manas Sangam, Badri Narayan Tiwari said.
Allahabad High Court Justice Ravindra Singh will be the Chief Guest at the festival and former Union minister Shriprakash Jaiswal will be the Guest of Honour, he said.
According to Tiwari, the forthcoming festival will see participation of 46 Hindi litterateurs from 19 countries across the world, including Russia, Argentina, Fiji, Greece, Guinea, Poland, Thailand and Afghanistan.