Sagarika, a socio-cultural organisation of Oriya speaking people at Ranchi, celebrated Utkal Diwas on Tuesday evening at the MECON Community Hall in a spirited manner. MR Panda, president, Sagarika welcomed all the guests. Prominent guests of this occasion were Renu Mehrotra, AK Tyagi and Sridhar Varadarajan.
The Main attraction of this evening was the cultural programme, which provided a glimpse of their Cultural Heritage. It was widely participated by the small children to the housewives exhibiting a sequence of dance and songs. The dance troupe of acclaimed Odishi exponent Sabita Mishra, presented the Odishi dance themes on Mangalacharan (offering to lord), Pallabi (expression of tender leaves), Abhinaya (acting) and Dasavatara (10 forms of lord Vishnu). Their enthralling performance was well appreciated by the audience. Subsequently, the children were given prizes for winning the music and painting competition organized earlier. It was an enjoyable evening for both the audience and the participants.