Odishi dancer Swati Sradhanjali performed Kalyan Pallavi during a four-day-long Jayadev Samaroh organised by the National Culture Mission and the Devdasi Nrutya Mandir here on Thursday.
She performed the dance on the opening day of the Samaroh in the young artist group (Naveen Kalakar). Kalyan Pallavi is the third part of the famous Odishi dance. It is the most graceful part of the dance based on a classical Raaga Kalyan.
Similarly, Soumya Biswajit performed Sthayee, the second part of Odishi. Aishwani Rawat, Samikhya Pani and Ekankita Agrawala also performed on the first day.
Swati, who lives in the city, has already been awarded for her outstanding dance performance. She has been conferred with awards in the Odishi International 2014 and the Cuttack Mahotsav 2015.
She has been learning Odishi from Guru Bharat Giri for last 12 years.