OdishaLIVE Bureau
Organised by the Department of Tourism in association with Odisha Sangeet Natak Academy and Odisha Tourism Development Corporation, the Mukteswar Dance Festival witnessed more visitors on the second day.
The evening programme was started after lighting the lamp by Shri Vishal Kumar Dev, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Tourism; Shri Utpal Kumar Pati, Joint Director, Tourism, Shri Ratikanta Mohapatra, Director, Srujan and Shri Bijay Kumar Jena, Secretary, Odisha Sangeet Natak Academy.
The programme started with Shiva Vandana by Rupak Kumar Parida along with his group invoking the blessing of Lord Shiva ’Shivanamabalyashtakam’. The Solo Dance started by Lingaraj Pradhan, his first item was ‘Pallavi’ Raga-Ananda Vairabi followed by ‘Sri Rudrashtakam’.
The second item was duet performed by Lipsa Satpathy and Y. Asha Kumari, New Delhi who presented Pallavi Rag-Debagandhari and Tal-Jati followed by Abhinaya ‘Nabarasa’.
The concluding item was group performance presented by Gurukul, Sutapa Talukdar & Group. The group started with ‘Gajanan Bandana’ followed by ‘Pallavi’. Their next presentation was Abhinaya ‘Nari’ and last item was ‘Basanta’. The programme was anchored by Dr. Srinivas Ghatuari and Anuja Tarini Mishra.
