NALCO Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award 2017 given away

Guru Dhruba Charan Biswal and Shyamamani Devi were honoured with the "NALCO Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award 2017" in the field of dance and music respectively.
Similarly, "NALCO Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Yuva Pratibha Samman 2017" was presented to Lingaraj Pradhan (Bhubaneswar) and Namrata Mehta (Mumbai) for Odissi dance, Jyotsna Jagannathan (Bangalore) for Bharatanatyam and Jateen Kumar Sahoo (Mumbai) for Odissi music.
The annual awards were presented by distinguished guests on the concluding day of the five-day 23rd OMC Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra Award Festival organised by 'Srjan' here yesterday evening.
The award was instituted in 1995 with a view to generate a feeling of cultural amity among the performing arts fraternity and acknowledging the excellence and contribution of great artists in the field of dance, music, theatre and cinema.

Guru Ratikanta Mohapatra, the torchbearer of his father Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra's legacy, said efforts are on to reach out to every nook and cranny of the globe with all its pristine glory and purity.