In remembrance of Guru Debaprasad, the Tridhara, organised the Debasmruti Festival 2023(an evening of Odishi dance) at Bhanja Kala Mandap here.
The esteemed guests on the occasion were Bhubaneswar Central MLA Ananta Narayan Jena; Bhandaripokhari MLA PrafullaSamal; Hemraj Films producer Laxminarayan Agarwal; Tridhara working president Simanchala Panda and Tridhara director Guru Gajendra Panda.
The first Odishi presentation in the evening was Mangalacharan – Laxmi Nrusingha Dhyana, presented by G Nageswari, Prabhutosh, Dipika, Rithika, Vidhi, Mokshada, Rutuja and Anwesha followed by Odia Abhinaya - Manaudharana presented by Monalisha, Sushree, Muskaan and Priyadarshini.
The next item was ‘Kede Chandajane Lo Sahi’ presented by Sai Durga, Dibyashree, Saloni, Laxmipriya and Shivani followed by Dasavatar presented by Tanisha, Subhashree Pradhan, Disha, Subhashree Paikaray, Pratigyan, Sonakshi, Simran, Ankita and Priyanshi.
‘Uthilu Ede Begi’ followed next presented by Aradhya Pati, Siddiksha, Aradhya Priyadarsini, Sreejita and AradhyaLal. Duet Odishi dance Ardhanariswar was presented by Sanghamitra and Vidhi.
Ram Bhajan was presented by Padmini Lal, Rithika, Mokshada, Sonakshi, Sushree and Muskaan. The last item of the evening was Mokshyam presented by Prabhutosh, Rithika, Mokshada and Vidhi.
The dances were choreographed by Guru Gajendra Kumar Panda. The dancers were marked by fluid grace, immaculate body movements with amazing precision, charming gestures and postures which mesmerized the audiences till the end.