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Odisha CM Inaugurates Konark Festival & International Sand Art Festival

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Konark: 1/12/25:The 36th Konark Festival and the 15th International Sand Art Festival got off to a colourful start on Monday at the Konark Sun Temple complex, marking the start of a five-day cultural extravaganza.

The annual event, celebrating the country’s classical dance forms, is organised by the state Tourism Department in collaboration with the Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi and Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC).

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the festivals as chief guest in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, and a host of other dignitaries.

The inaugural night saw Odissi and Bharatanatyam performances by Bhubaneswar’s Nrutya Upasana troupe and Hyderabad’s Shankarananda Kalakshetra under Guru Dr. Anand Shekhar Jayant, respectively, at the open-air auditorium overlooking the Sun Temple.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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