The birth anniversary of Kabisurya Baladev Rath was celebrated here on Tuesday. The function was presided over by South Odisha Senior Artists’ Federation president Tirupati Sahu.
Former BDA President and State BJD secretary Subash Maharana, Ganjam Zilla Kalakar Mancha president K Balaram Das, music director Prashant Kumar Nayak, Natyashree Foundation chairman Bhavani Shankar Mishra, Akashwani and Doordarshan representative Jyoti Ranjan Das, Kalinga TV south Odisha chief Prakash Patnaik, OTV Bureau chief Ashok Brahma, senior playwright Ramaraman Padhy attended as guests.
Subhas Chandra Sahu Roshan delivered the welcome address while Durga Prasad Acharya introduced the guests.
Gram Natya director Bhagwan Sahu, play organiser Manoj Kumar Pradhan, senior artiste Sridhar Pradhan, G Nagaraja Rao, Babula Mohapatra, journalist Surya Narayan Behera and Lalatendu Choudhury were felicitated on the occasion. A play ‘Shakuni’s Kuto Chakranta’ was staged. Swargaurabh Krishna Prasad Sabat offered a vote of thanks. Many artists, including Prafulla Behera, Prafulla Nayak, Devendra Prasad Sharma, Mahendra Sahu and Baldev Sahu, coordinated the event.