What are you waiting for? Pack your bags and rush for Enthralling Konark Festival’ 17

Bhubaneswar, December 2: The magnificent annual Konark Festival started on Friday near the world famous Sun Temple. This five days festival will show the glimpse of our Odiya as well as Indian Culture. The aim behind this festival is to promote tourism and make Odisha a tourist destination.

 

The Konark Dance Festival showcases the best of the traditional and classical dance forms of India, besides offering interesting insights into the rich cultural and dance heritage of the country like no one else. A solitary splendor par excellence, folklore and mythology have created layers of legends shrouding the genesis of this world heritage monument built in the 13th century A.D.

 

In this festival Indian as well as International artists will perform and add a feather to the cap. Ten popular Indian classical dance troupes from India and abroad are going to perform at the backdrop of the majestic Sun Temple during the festival. A major attraction will be a show by Malaysia-based Odissi dancer Ramli Ibrahim who will stage his production 'Ganjam' on December 3.

Odisha Tourism Development Corporation has designed special tour packages for the festival, the state government official said.

Visitors can undertake package trips to Sri Jagannath Temple at Puri, Raghurajpur craft village and also Chilika Lake, he added.