Konark Festival-2017 : LIVE on DD-Bharati

Doordarshan Kendra, Bhubaneswar has planned for LIVE telecast of this Konark Festival on DD-Bharati from 1st to 5th December'2017 between 6 PM to 8.30 PM each day. The repeat telecast of the programme will be on DD-Odia from 2nd to 6th December'2017 from 12.30 PM each day.

The enthralling Konark Festival is held every year, from 1st to 5th December in Open Air Auditorium, Konark, in the backdrop of the mammoth Sun Temple. This Festival is co-organised by the Tourism Department, Government of Odisha and Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar way back in 1986, to provide a platform for classical dancers in India and as well as to act as showcase for India’s cultural depth where dance forms are concerned. It also comes as a right opportunity for the budding artists who are yet to make their presence felt on the international scale.

Conceived as a festival of Classical Dances of India, the objective of Konark Festival is to promote Konark, as well as Odisha as 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. 

The Highlights of this year festival is as follows:

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