Students from urban and rural areas along with some hearing-impaired children from various schools participated at a two-day Heritage Craft workshop held at the Sudarshan Village of Art and Crafts here on Saturday and Sunday.
The workshop, organised by the Bhubaneswar Chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), was supervised by master sculptor and Padmashree awardee Sudarshan Sahoo. During the two days, his disciples honed the skills of the students by taking sessions from 10 am to 4 pm.
Jnanpith awardee Pratibha Ray attended the valedictory meeting as the chief guest. Expressing pleasure over some of the works done by the students in these two days, Ray said that she could see future builders of future Konarks. She was also delighted to see many girls at the workshop.INTACH State Convener AB Tripathy and theatre personality Anant Mahapatra also spoke.
Sculptor Sudarshan chose works of four students as the best and presented them with mementos. An artifact made by a hearing-impaired student, Sriman Pratap Kumar Rana, of the Bipin Bihari Chaudhury School was adjudged as the best among all. INTACH, Chapter Convener H Balakrishnan presented him with a cash award of Rs1,000.