Bhubaneswar: The second evening of ‘Guhari’, a devotional and spiritual music programme based on Lord Jagannath organised by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, under the auspices of the Department of Odia Language, Literature and Culture, cast a magic spell on the audience at Bhanjakala Mandap on Tuesday.
Vocalists like Sourav Nayak, Rudra Narayan Mohanty, Karunakar Sethi, Rupak Parida, Preetinanda Rautaray, Sweta Mishra, Harapriya Swain and Nazia Alam took the audience to a new world of spiritualism.
They presented ‘Neemba ku chandana karu’, ‘Mahaprabhu kahinki karuna unna’, ‘Jibanre thibi jebe jibi brundabana’, ‘Nilachakra he dekha uduchhi bana’, ‘Jibana patra mo’, ‘Kahin achh natha parana debata’, ‘Kede sundara disea kalia hati’, ‘Brundabane ke banshi bajaila’, ‘Megha pacharila barasadharaku’, etc. They were accompanied by Dusmanta Kumar Parida on tabla, Abnikant Das on drums, Jawahar Mishra on flute, Priya Ranjan Mohanty on octopad, Narendra Kumar Mohapatra on keyboard and Bhavatosh Mohanty on guitar.
Guests of the inaugural function were Shri Madhu Sudan Padhi, Additional Chief Secretary, Odia Language, Literature and Culture; Shri Ranjan Kumar Das, Director, Department of Odia Language, Literature and Culture; Dr Bijay Kumar Jena, Principal, Utkal Sangita Mahavidyalaya; Shri Prabodh Rath, Secretary, Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi, and Shri Subodh Chandra Acharya, Chief Executive Officer, GKCM Odissi Research Center. The program was moderated by Dr. Mrutyunjaya Rath.
