Annual Konark festival begins in Odisha

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Konark Festival Odisha

Puri: The annual Konark festival began with scintillating performance by dancers from India and abroad on Friday evening.

The five-day dance festival opened near the world famous Sun Temple of Konark with Odissi recital by the dancers of Nupur Dance Academy of Bhubaneswar under the tutelage of Niranjan Rout and group.

In an effort to attract more foreign tourists to the festival this year, Odisha Tourism department included performances of two foreign dance groups from Malaysia, who will perform classical Indian dance during the festival.

Coinciding with the dance festival, International Sand Art Festival has begun at Chandrabhaga beach in Konark. “Eight international sand sculptors and 62 national artists are exhibiting  their works in the festival,” said a state government official.

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