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Konark Dance & Music Festival started in the year
1986 at Konark Natya Mandap
by its Founder-Director
Padmashree Guru Gangadhar Pradhan.
In a sense it can be called the harbinger of the
contemporary festivals of Orissa. The sole aim
behind this festival is to bring in many artistes
into its cultural family and creating of
international cultural amity and brotherhood.
This festival has established its own unique
identity in the sense that eminent artistes of
national and international repute participate and
perform Odissi, Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi,
Manipuri, Mohiniattam and other classical, folk &
tribal dances/music of our country on the enchanting
stage of the Natyashala in the monumental Sun
Temple, Konark. The stage and the atmosphere is
magnified by the spiritual and aesthetic flavor, in
the natural ambience of casuarinas and cashew trees.
This festival is held every year from
19th to 23rd February. |
