The five-day painting exhibition on lord Jagannath, organised by TV channel ETV-Odia at the lalit Kala Akademi here concluded on Friday. Housing and Urban Development Minister Puspendra Singh Deo attended the valedictory ceremony as the chief guest and felicitated the winners of the painting competition titled ‘Jay Jagannath Pratiyogita’.
The exhibition had been inaugurated by noted sculptor Sudarshan Sahu on Monday. All the participants of the painting contest, which was held in June, submitted their paintings on different images of lord Jagannath depicting certain thoughts in them.Through this competition, the ETV aimed at promoting Odisha’s art and culture among people in the State and displaying the competitors’ works in the exhibitions.