Art & Culture

Bhubaneswar: A fresh controversy has erupted in Odisha’s cultural circles after some male Odissi dancers took the stage sporting stubble on the second evening of the five-day Konrak Festival 2025...

Chennai: Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman, who was admitted to Chennai's Apollo Hospital last night, has been discharged, reports claimed. He was hospitalized after he complained of severe chest pain...

Bhubaneswar: Remnants of a Buddhist site have been discovered near Ganeswarapur village in Tangi Tehsil of Odisha's Cuttack district. According to sources, large headless Abalokiteswar image, nearly six feet in...

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...