Om Puri’s rich baritone is still alive in the story of transformation of King Ashoka from Chandsoka to Dharmasoka, at the Peace Pagoda in Dhauli.
In 2014, the versatile actor had done the voiceover for the Hindi script of the light and sound show there, which is a 35-minute show, describing the glory of the Kalinga empire, the Kalinga war and transformation of King Ashoka. The India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), which had implemented the Dhauli project, had also roped in Puri to do the voiceover of the light and sound show at the Sun Temple in Konark.
Om Puri was scheduled to record the Hindi voiceover for the Konark project today in Mumbai. In fact, Puri gave voice to almost all the light and sound shows in Hindi at heritage sites in India. His voice can be heard in every light and sound project that ITDC implemented in the country, including the moving one at Cellular Jail in Port Blair.