Sculpture is love

  The seven wonders of India, Konark Sun Temple’s sculptures are living beauties in silence. Sun Temple is a living testimony to the daring and the artistic sensibility of a race that once knew how to live, love, worship and create in heroic proportions. The main theme of the sculpture is love..

Bramandihi : Famous for Clay Pottery

“Brahmandihi” is a small village of Odisha, famous for clay pottery work. 3kms from Tangi town towards south under Khordha district. This is a village of art and culture. All the families of this village have been engaged with this pottery work as generation wise. This is the main earning sources of these villagers. The [...]

One of the leading soloists of the country

Sujata Mohapatra is an accomplished and versatile Odissi artist from Odisha,  born in year 1968 in Balasore district. She started learning Odissi dance at an early age from Guru Sudhakar Sahu. Further her training under Padma Vibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra at Odissi Research Center in Bhubaneshwar. She married Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra’s son Ratikant Mohapatra. Her daughter [...]

Construction History of Hirakud Dam

Hirakud Dam in Odisha is one of the longest dams in the world, about 16 mi (26 km) in length, the world’s longest earthen dam. Built in 1957, across the Mahanadi River about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha. It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley project started after India’s [...]

Danda Yatra in Mangalajodi

Danda Yatra in Mangalajodi village is performed in different phases go on to complete the performance of Danda Yatra. It is a ritual performances held usually in the month of Chaitra for 13 to 21` days. The participants of Danda Nata are usually called “Dandua” and the chief as “Pata Dandua” who move from village [...]