Art & Culture

Konark: Hamsadhwani or the sound of the Swan is basically a Carnatic raaga but subsequently has been adopted by both Hindustani and Odissi streams of music as their own. In...

Bhubaneswar: Artistes have come out to welcome the Odisha government’s move to ban “obscene” acts and dance during Jatra and melody programmes and double meaning dialogues. While strongly supporting the...

Bhubaneswar: BhuFeSto, the Bhubaneswar Festival of Storytelling, will be back in Odisha capital during the Hockey Men's World Cup next month. It is once again being curated by Bakul Foundation...

Today, the stage is all set for the 28th Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra (GKCM) Award Festival at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar. 28 years ago this festival was started by none other than...

Bhubaneswar: Guru Ghanashyam Panda was felicitated with the Sangeet Sudhakar Balakrushna Das Smaraki Samman 2022 by Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal at a function held in the state capital on Monday....

Berhampur: With modern lifestyle penetrating remote corners of Odisha, the traditional Idital paintings that adorned houses of the Saora tribals are now seen on the walls of star hotels. According...

Bhubaneswar: Senior artist Jagadish Chandra Kanungo and renowned ghumura artist Jayant Kumar Behera have been honoured with this year’s Ila-Banshidhar Panda Kala Samman 2021. The annual award, given by Indian...

Bhubaneswar: Atibadi Jagannath Das Puraskar-2020 was presented to eminent writer Ramachandra Behera here on Wednesday. Tourism and Culture Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi presented a citation, Rs 5 lakh cash, a...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent music director Santiraj Khosla became the latest person from the Odisha art fraternity to succumb to COVID-19 during the second wave of the pandemic. Khosla breathed his last while...

Bhubaneswar: Maestros of Indian classical music set the stage for Holi with their performances at Vrindaban Mahotsav-2021 on the festival's eve in Odisha Capital. The annual musical extravaganza this year...