The concluding evening of the Konark Festival 2020 on Saturday witnessed amazing dance renditions in Odishi and Kathak being enchanted by rhythmic portrayals of love.
Senior artists from the GKCM Odissi Research Centre came up on the stage with Mangalacharan dedicated to Lord Surya, the presiding deity in the temple at Konark.
It was followed by Shankaravarana Pallavi on the compositions of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and Guru Bhubaneswar Mishra. The enactment of Krushna Gatha on the popular lyrics of Odia medieval poets exhibited love between Krishna and Radha and Gopis.
The Kathak classical recital commenced with Ganesh Stuti depicting love as devotion. Artists from the Drishtikon repertory presented Utsav love as celebration depicting purity in movement and rhythm. In Kathak, Triveni exhibiting musical composition based on the three rivers enthralled one and all.
The concluding item in Kathak was “Changing landscape: Love as passion”. Love as a life force got rhythmically recited on the stage.
The International Sand Art Festival at the nearby Chandrabhaga beach also concluded on an artistic note with sketch of bravura piece of art on sand carrying a message.
