On the occasion of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Jayanti, the GKCM Odishi Research Centre here organised Odishi Dance on “Mangalacharan to Mokshya.” Padma Bibhusan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra was an Indian ...

In the age where classical dance performances have become formulaic, to see fresh movements on stage is a great relief to the sore eyes. Pratibimba, an Odissi event was organised at Seva Sadan which ...

KOCHI: She creates a rainbow on t h e d a n c e floor with her willowy and elegant movements. When danseuse Geetanjali Acharya switches from a gentle mangalacharan to a brisk pallavi, she is at her ...

In his Gita Govinda, poet Jayadeva has a mangalacharan that neither invokes Ganesha nor Shiva but Krishna, and this is not the flute-playing Krishna of the Bhagavatam either, writes HARSHA V DEHEJIA ...

Yoga in Odissi - the title of a recent dance concert staged by Rudrakshya Odissi Foundation with financial assistance from the Ministry of Culture at Rabindra Mandap auditorium in Bhubaneswar ...

The sixth day of Vishwa Rang began with paying homage to Padmashri Ramakant Gundecha, who had set a world record in singing Dhrupad. Ramakant Gundecha died on Friday before he was honoured during ...

Acclaimed Odissi dancer, Meera Das enthralled dance enthusiasts in Hyderabad recently. Titled ‘Gunjan Sandhya’, the Odissi festival held at Shilparamam saw the accomplished soloist and innovative ...

CHENNAI: Dressed in bright red and beige outfits, six dancers got on to the stage at Citadines OMR Chennai, on Thursday evening. They were a part of Padma Shri awardee Odissi dancer Ramli Ibrahim’s ...

Odissi, referred to as Orissi in older literature, is an ancient Indian classical dance that originated in Hindu temples of Odisha – an eastern coastal state of India 31 July 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka ...

India, Jan. 16 -- The ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela is set to witness a grand cultural extravaganza from January 16 to February 24. The event, aptly titled 'Sanskriti ka Mahakumbh' (Cultural Mahakumbh), ...