LUCKNOW, July 6 -- Despite sultry weather conditions, people in large numbers waited for famous Hindi poet Kumar Vishwas who later entertained them on the second day of the UP Mango Festival 2025 here on Saturday. More than 3,000 people clapped and cheered for Vishwas as soon as he entered the stage, waving and greeting the audience with folded hands.

Even though the programme began with a delay of over two hours, once Vishwas rendered his first poem-'Muskurati Zindagi Chahiye, Shabd Ki Jagrat Kahani Chahiye', it left the audience spellbound. Poets Sudeep Bhola, Dinesh Bawra and Padmini Sharma also presented their poems during the programme and won applause.

Pratiksha Bajpai, 35, who had come from Rae Bareli, said she came early to get ...