A grand art show was organised at the Baleswar international exposition hall under the Nocci business park at Bampada last week.
Entitled as ‘lakshey lakshmipada show’ (one lakh lakshmi feet), the painting competition was orgainsed by the Baleswari Kala Kendra headed by artist Kesu Das. While the target was to print one lakh lakshmi feet, the participants could make 82,004 (41,002 pairs) within the stipulated period. There were 131 participants, including 123 women. The best performance was given by Pritilata Maharana with 1,586 pairs of laxmi feet.The other best performers were Padmini Bijuli , Kabita Dutta, Prabir Patra, Bhubanbhusan Rana, Minakshi Singh, Aratibala Das, Dharitri Panigrahi and Bharati Barik.
The event was inaugurated by social worker Anjali Panda, while Josodhara Das and Durgacharan Panda were the judges. Bijay Acharya and Malay Maharna supported. Kesu Das said, “This for the first time such a mega event was organised with the support of Nocci. The response was very encouraging.”