A three-day, 12th National Kharavela Festival (NKF) will be held by the KN Memorial Foundation in association with the Tourism and Culture and Panchayati Raj Departments, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata song and drama division, Indian Council of Cultural Relations and Travel, Hotel and Restaurant Association of Odisha (THRAO).
The festival would promote and market the tourism and cultural potentials of the State, said NKF chairman Dillip Kumar Nanda. Sand art with varied themes and food courts having different Odia cuisines would add to the attraction of the festival. Merry go-round and other entertainment activities would also be organised for children, said Nanda. As many as 600 artists from 14 States would perform and more than 20 stalls would be opened at the festival site at Khandagiri here, he added,