Initial SessionFactory creation failed.java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hibernate/cfg/Configuration Exception - noclassdeffounderror

Question

I am learning Hibernate and tried a simple program. I used Hibernate 5.3 version and added all the Hibernate required .jar files to the build path. I can find the Configuration class in the ref libraries folder, still getting the exception. Is there anything wrong with the hibernate.cfg.xml? Is there any specific location it has to be saved? Please help me. Thanks in advance.
I am attaching my project layout and source code.
my HibernateUtil.java code
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
public class HibernateUtil {
private static final SessionFactory sessionFactory =
buildSessionFactory();
private static SessionFactory buildSessionFactory() {
try {
// Create the SessionFactory from hibernate.cfg.xml
System.out.println("hii");
return new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
}
catch (Throwable ex) {
// Make sure you log the exception, as it might be swallowed
System.err.println("Initial SessionFactory creation failed."
+ ex);
throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(ex);
}
}
public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
return sessionFactory;
}
public static void shutdown() {
// Close caches and connection pools
getSessionFactory().close();
}
}
[Project layout]project layoutHibernate confg xml file