3D Chalk Painting And Sand Art Jugalbandi On Puri Beach

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Jan 312012
 
chalk painting and Sand art

Tourists and citizens of Puri will get to witness a unique ‘jugalbandi’ of two world class artists of two different art forms in the first week of February. Audiences will be treated to a double visual delight of 3-dimentional painting by famous American artist Tracy Lee Stum and sand sculpture by Sudarshan Pattnaik, who will perform in tandem with each other.

The proposed collaborative event will be hosted by the US government in the beach town on February 4 and 5, sources said. The US Consulate of India sent a letter to the Odisha government on Saturday, seeking its cooperation to market the proposed programme across the state.

“We have received the letter from US Consulate General, Hyderabad, regarding the ‘jugalbandi’ programme on the beach. We will see if we can chalk out a marketing strategy for the event,” state tourism director H S Upadhyay told.

Sudarshan said he is eagerly waiting to perform with the world class 3D artist. “I have also received a communication via email about the proposed programme. It will be a great experience to work with another world class artist, though from a different sphere,” said an elated Sudarshan. “It will be a treat for spectators to watch the collaborative show of 3D painting and sand art,” the globtrotting sand artist said. Some of Sudarshan’s students will help Tracy in creating the interactive 3D painting. She will create the art on a concrete floor on the beach.

3D painting (also known as Anamorphic art) is an illusionary 2-dimensional image that appear to be 3-dimensional when viewed from a specific point through a camera lens. Tracy, who holds a Guinness World Record for the largest chalk painting, will use chalk pastels and tempera paints to create the 3D arts.

Sources said Tracy will showcase her art at various locations in the country in the coming days. Going by the event schedule on her website (www.tracyleestum.com), she is first slated to perform in Jaipur between January 23 and 26. She also has plans to visit Vellore, Kolkata and Mumbai.

“Each stop will feature unique 3D images designed specifically for that location. Workshops on 3D street painting will be conducted at each venue in an effort to foster the growth of this amazing art form in India,” Tracy posted on her website.

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Gotipua Dance Festival 2011

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Nov 172011
 
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The Gotipua Dance Festival 2011 has started in Rabindra Mandap of Bhubaneswar Orissa from Tuesday. Orissa tourism is the main organiger. Gotipuas of Konark Natya Mandap and Chandrasekhar Gotipua Kala Sansad from Brahmagiri mesmerised the spectators with their striking acrobatic and yogic postures on the inaugural evening.

The three-day festival being organised by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre (GKCM-ORC) will feature eight troupes this year, said Ramahari Das, the Chief Executive of the centre. Addressing the gathering after inuagurating the festival Das said “through this annual festival, we intend to provide an exclusive platform and patronage to our marginalised Gotipua artistes.”

The festival will further feature interactive sessions among the Gotipua artistes and exponents on Wednesday and Thursday.

Gotipua dancers – the adolescent boys who dance dressed as girls – from Natyamber, Nakshyatra Gurukul, Laxmipriya Gotipua Nrutya Kendra, Dashabhuja Gotipua Nrutya Parishad, Orissa Dance Academy and Nilakantheswar Gotipua Gurukul will perform during the festival.

The groups have been selected by a 11-member committee of eminent artistes, art critics and government officials. “A detailed survey was undertaken by the committee about the Gotipua troupes existing in the State before finalising the eight troupes,” said Aruna Mohanty, eminent Odissi dancer and member of the committee.

The festival will provide a unique opportunity to document the dance form in its myriad moods, Aruna said, adding that the festival would be converted to an annual event considering its popularity.

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Odisha, Goa Sign MoU to Promote Tourism

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Aug 292011
 
Orissa Goa Tourism

Odisha and Goa have jointly decided to promote tourism in the two states on mutually beneficial terms. The two states have signed a MoU to increase tourist inflow to both states.

“This will be a win-win situation for both the states. The MoU will help mutual promotion of tourism, showcasing each other’s cultural heritage to tourists and facilitating inbound travel into the respective states,” said Manoranjan Patnaik, Managing Director, OTDC.

Officials said the annual tourist inflow to Odisha is around 60 lakhs while the inflow in Goa is much more. “A sizable number of tourists are coming from Goa to Odisha, and vice versa, but most of such tourists are booking through online portals or other private channels. As a result, the state governments are losing revenue. Through this tie up, both the state agencies would facilitate the tourist inflow to both states and also promote different packages,” Patnaik added.

Officials from the tourism department said that according to the MoU, the states would mutually market their accommodations and tourism packages. Sources said that next in line are Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka where Odisha intends to promote Wildlife Tourism, Religious Tourism, Beach Tourism and Heritage Tourism.

“Odisha is targeting more foreign tourists through this tie up. People of Odisha are mostly interested in the lively sea beaches, monuments and night life in Goa, while we have planned to promote our Buddhist circle, temple architecture, Tribal Tourism, the golden triangle and so on,” Patnaik added.

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OTDC announces Rath Yatra packages

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Jun 282011
 
Rath Yatra

Rath YatraThe Orissa Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) has announced special tour packages for devotees from Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Rourkela and Berhampur to visit Puri on the occasion of Rath Yatra, to be celebrated on July 3.

Tourists from Bhubaneswar can depart at 5 am on July 3 and return the same evening. The package includes AC transport, rooftop sitting arrangement on buses with breakfast, vegetarian lunch and snacks with tea and coffee. The package costs Rs 2,555 per head and Rs 2,005 for children below the age of 10.

Tourists from other cities will have to start a day before on July 2. The package cost for Sambalpur, Rourkela and Berhampur tourists is Rs 4,220, Rs 4,810 and Rs 4,640 per head respectively, OTDC managing director Manoranjan Patnaik said.

For high-end tourists there is provision for staying and visiting other neighbouring tourist places in the two nights and three days package. Such tourists will have AC accommodation in Puri and provision for visiting places like Konark Sun temple, Chandrabhaga, Satapada, cruise on Chilika lake, sightseeing of Irrawaddy dolphins, sea-mouth and Rajhans island, before coming back to Bhubaneswar. For single occupancy one has to pay Rs 24,640 per head in this package, Rs 14,805 per head for double occupancy and Rs 12,255 per head for triple occupancy.

OTDC is planning, booking of the roof-top of the temple office for the next year Rath Yatra as most of the buildings along the Grand Road had been declared unsafe. Balasore, Jeypore and Koraput would also be included in the next year’s package besides introducing a 15-day heritage package for NROs.

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Orissa Travel Mart, to be held in August-September 2010

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May 102010
 

Orissa Tourism is planning to organize Orissa Travel Mart (OTM) this year. The proposed travel mart, according to Debi Prasad Mishra, Minister of Higher Education and Tourism, Government of Orissa, will be organised some time in August/September, this year.

Orissa Travel Mart will be an exclusive Orissa Tourism product, the Minister said when asked whether Orissa will be seeking partnership with other Eastern and North Eastern states of the country. However, Mishra informed that the state is working with West Bengal Tourism, Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Confederation of Indian Industry in promoting destinations of the region jointly.

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Importance of Eram in Basudevpur, in the tourism map of India

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Feb 032010
 

Eram also known as the `second Jalianawala Bagh’ where the British forces killed 28 persons on September 28, 1942 was also very important as the only woman martyr of the freedom movement in Orissa, Pari Bewa, also fell to the British bullets there.

But today there is only one martyrs’ pillar at the ground standing as a mute reminder to the historic incident and there were no statues of the martyrs so far. Even there is no museum to showcase the great sacrifice through pictorial or any audio-visual depiction.

 

In Eram’s blood-soaked ground, not only 28 villagers died and 56 were injured, but another injured, lodged in Koraput jail also succumbed to his injuries later taking the toll to 29. Also the British police executed the gruesome murder the way they did it in Jalianawala Bagh by blocking all the three entry points of the ground.

 

People of nearby villages were assembled at Eram after they declared themselves as part of a `swadhina chakla’ or independent area under the leadership of freedom fighters Kamalaprasad Kar, Gouranga Chandra Mohanty, Aniruddha Mohanty and Shyamsundar Panigrahi.

 

People of Basudevpur have demanded that a proper memorial museum with depiction of the freedom struggle at Eram should be built as there is a nationwide demand to upgrade historical places with contribution to freedom struggle.

 

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Special Package for the Christian Tourists in Orissa

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Nov 132009
 

In a bid to negate the adverse campaign against Orissa in the post-Kandhamal riot, the state government has offered a special package for the Christian tourists under spiritual or religious tourism.

The offer was made by the state Tourism and Culture minister Debi Prasad Mishra while interacting with the Bishops of north-India here.

“We want to tell the Christian spiritual leaders that Orissa is full of religious heritages belonging to their religion. The Christian heritage sites will attract many from the community to the state,” Mishra said adding that the state government had already included Christian heritage sites in the tourism map.

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Chandragiri – Inaguration of Monastry

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Nov 112009
 

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama is expected to naugurate a monastery at Chandragiri in Gajapati district of the state where a large number of Tibetans chandragiri-from-orissahave been staying.

Chandragiri, a Tibetan village inside the heart of Orissa. During the Chinese Aggression of Tibet in 1959, these Tibetan refugees crossed over to India along with the Dalai Lama and were allotted this spot.

This hillside settlement of Tibetans, which is also an ideal health resort, attracts both domestic and foreign tourists from far and wide for its pleasant ambience

Chandragiri is named as “Phuntsokling” by the refugees, which literally means “land of happiness and plenty”. It is also a sacred place of Buddhist pilgrims. Because Tibetan refugees are highly religious their religious traditions, rituals are very much reflected in their day-to-day lifestyle.
At least one member of each refugee family is dedicated to the monkhood. Besides, Tibetan religious monasteries have been established in every settlement including Chandragiri.

Apart from carpet weaving, Tibetan refugees are also experts in weaving textiles, producing clothes, wood carving, painting and metal work. In addition to these, Tibetan herbal medicine have also contributed significantly to the Indian society.

Tibetan cooperative society of Chandragiri now runs a handicraft centre, dairy centre, poultry centre, horticulture centre, health centre, mechanical workshop, an elderly persons home, crèche, schools and monastery.

Bus stop: Lobersing

Where to Stay: Guest House or Hotels at Taptapani

Festivals: Festivals Tibetan new year (February 10th)

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