Konark Dance & Sand Art Festival, Odisha

This time of the year draws curtain from various Dance and Art festivals in Konark.
The Konark Dance Festival organised by the Odisha Tourism department hosts a range of Classical Odissi, Bharathnatyam, Manipuri, Kathak and Chau dance performances.

Date - 1 to 5 December 2015
Time - 6.00 P.M. to 8.30 P.M
Venue - Open air auditorium, Natyamandir, near the Konark Temple.
Live Telecast - DD Bharati

Live Streaming - www.webcast.gov.in during the festival period from 6pm to 8.30pm.

Festival Details - http://www.odishatourism.gov.in/Festivals/SpecialFestivals/KonarkFestival.aspx
OTDC Package Details - Click here

Program Details -
01-Dec-15 Odissi Srijan, Sri Ratikant Mohapatra Bhubaneswar
Tuesday Manipuri Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy Manipur
02-Dec-15 Sattriya Sattriya Academy - Sri Jatin Goswami & Group Assam
Wednesday Odissi Aum Arts Dance Academy, Suprava Mishra & Group Ahmedabad
03-Dec-15 Odissi GKCM Odissi Research Center Bhubaneswar
Thursday Kuchipudi Shambhavi Dance Ensemble, Smt Vyjayanthi Kashi Bengaluru
04-Dec-15 Bharatnatyam Kalakshetra Foundation, Priyadarshini Govind Chennai
Friday Odissi Odissi Nrutya Mandal, Sri Ashis Kumar Das & Group Cuttack
05-Dec-15 Odissi Odisha Dance Academy, Smt Aruna Mohanty Bhubaneswar
Saturday Kathak Lashya Academy Dance Repertory, Guru Rajashree Shirke Mumbai

Image - Odisha Tourism

International Sand Art Festival
It is held to coincide with the five day Konark Festival.
Date - 1 to 5 December 2015
Time - 6.00 A.M. to 6.00 P.M
Venue - Chandrabhaga Beach, Konark.

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ପିଣ୍ଟି, ବେଙ୍ଗୁଲି ଓ ଚଢ଼େଇ

So,  was browsing through some of the famous local stores & online stores & couldnt find Odia story books for my 10-month old toddler. I mean English books are also fine, but my aim is to draw her interest towards reading without making any of our lives difficult (Be it the pain of translating it in the mind, or the pain of making the toddler understand a different language or the discomfort of my aunties/ Grandma - Aaee in reading the English text out loud to the Baby with whom they have been conversing in Odia).

So a short story not only for her, but to help out all of us in the family :)
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