Odisha is a land of arts, crafts, literature, dance and music. The people of Odisha have always expressed their quest for creativity in any and every form. The Rajarani Music Festival held in the beautiful courtyard of the Rajarani Temple in Bhubaneswar is one such occasion to celebrate the richness and originality of Indian classical music.
Odisha Tourism has been organizing the Rajarani Music Festival from the year 2002 against the backdrop of the of the 11th Century Rajarani Temple in Bhubaneswar. It is an evening of concerts which is relaxing, entertaining and uplifting. This is a festival of classical music of India organized for three days. The objective in organizing such festival is to showcase the cultural heritage of our State in particular and country in general so as to attract more tourists.
Evening concerts by great maestros of Indian Classical music fill the air with enchanting flavour.
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
18th January 2017 | Hindustani Vocal Mohan Veena | Ustad Rashid Khan, Kolkata Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, New Delhi |
19th January 2017 | Odissi Vocal Hindustani Vocal | Rupak Kumar Parida, Bhubaneswar Suresh Wadekar, Mumbai |
20th January 2017 | Hindustani Vocal Violin | Devendra Narayan Satpathy, Bhubaneswar Dr. N. Rajam, Mumbai |
Doordarshan Kendra, Bhubaneswar has planned to telecast the Rajarani Music Festival’2017 LIVE at Rajarani Temple premises, Bhubaneswar through OB Van from 18th to 20th January’2017 in DD-Bharati between 6 PM to 8.30 PM and in DD-Odia from 19th to 21st January’2017 between 12.30 PM to 3 PM.
Contributed By:Pranabandhu Behera ,pbbehera60@gmail.com