The three-day Guru Debaprasad Award festival held at the Rabindra Mandap here by the city-based Odishi dance institution Tridhara concluded on Tuesday.
Odishi dance exponent Bijayalaxmi Mohanty, Kathak dancer Pandit Jayant Kastuar, Sattriya dancer Padmashree Jatin Goswami and Kuchipudi dancer Manju Barggavee were conferred with the Guru Debaprasad Award 2014.
At the valedictory ceremony, chief guests Industries, School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra and Cooperation and Excise minister Dr Damodar Rout presented the awards and remembered Guru Debaprasad’s contributions.
The eighth edition of the festival featured performances by all the awardees, music composer and singer Pandit A Maheswar Rao and eminent flautist Pandit Ronu Majumdar.
The inaugural evening had commenced with a performance by Bijayalaxmi Mohanty. This was followed by a group dance performance by Tridhara artists, who enthralled the audience with their piece on Yogini Yoga Roopa.
In the second evening, the audience was mesmerised by a solo vocal recital and flute recital by Pandit Maheswar Rao and Pandit Ronu Majumdar, respectively.
The concluding evening began with a Kuchipudi solo dance presented by Manju Barggavee. Captivating the audience, she performed on lekha with Rag Aarabi and Tal Adi. This was followed by an Abhinaya Ashtapadi with Rag Mallika and Tal Adi.
The concluding performance of the closing evening was a Sattriya presentation by Padmashree Jatin Goswami and group. Dr Mrityunjaya Ratha and Srinibas coordinated the programme.