Mukteswar Dance Festival

This dance festival organized in open air auditorium every year from 14th to 16th of January at the premises of Mutkeswar temple at old Bhubaneswar town.

Mukteswar Dance Festival schedule for 2019

14th January (Monday) To 16th January (Wednesday)

For exact date, time of event Contact to Orissa Tourism
Dept. of Tourism,
Paryatan Bhawan, Museum Campus, Luise Road, Bhubaneswar -751 014

Tel.No - (0674) 2432177 | Email: oritour@gmail.com |
Call : 1800 208 1414 (Toll free)

This three days function exhibiting finest Odissi Dance is organized by Odisha Tourism.

Daily program starts at 6:00 PM and ends at 8:30 PM

How to reach Mukteswar temple

This temple is located within city of Bhubaneswar and at distance of 5 KM from railway station, airport and bus stops. Local cabs are available to reach this temple premises from any part of the city. This temple is by the side of the road connecting famous Puri town to Bhubaneswar. If you are travelling from Puri then after entering Bhubaneswar city you can see the temple complex at your left side.

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The areas around the Mukteswar Temple is special decorated for this program with special lighting arrangements and by erecting backdrops to give best view of the dance performances.
Mukteshwar Dance Festival

Artistes of national and international repute perform here. The program starts with Shiva Vandana a group song dedicated to lord Shiva. Then the dances starts with Solo performance followed by Duet Odissi and ends with Group Odissi. All the three days the same program format is followed. Here is a list of artists performed during festival in the year 2017.

Date	Type	Description
14th Jan	Shiva Vandana	Krushna Chandra Ray
	Solo Odissi	Sujata Mohapatra
	Duet Odissi	Pabitra Pradhan & Sridutta Bhol
	Group Odissi	Natya Ballet Centre
15th Jan	Shiva Vandana	Sangita Panda & Group
	Solo Odissi	Pankaj Pradhan
	Duet Odissi	Sachikanta Pradhan & Swagatika Sahoo
	Group Odissi	Sharmila Mukharjee & Group
16th Jan	Shiva Vandana	Sukanta Kumar Kundu & Group
	Solo Odissi	Saswati Gorai Ghosh
	Duet Odissi	Subhalaxmi Padhi & Arati Kar
	Group Odissi	Subash Swain & Group

Mukteswar Dance Festival is focused mainly in Odissi dances of various artists and groups. In line with this Orissa Tourism also organizes Konark Dance Festival from 1st to 5th December every year at Konark. Konark Dance festival focus on all types of classical dances of India including Odissi.