JAJPUR: An opera choreographer collapsed on stage and died during rehearsal for an Odia play on Friday. The deceased, Mayadhar Jena, popularly known as Nepa sir, worked as a choreographer for the ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has put restrictions on obscene dance, dual-meaning dialogues and other vulgar acts on the stage during performances at jatra (opera) and melody shows. In a letter, ...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Khandagiri jatra festival, beginning Feb 6, the commissionerate police issued stern directives to performing troupes to refrain from showing vulgarity on stage. Police have ...

The Odisha government has banned the “obscene and vulgar dances” and double-meaning dialogues in jatras (folk theatres) and melodies, which are very much a part of the state’s popular culture. Any ...

The Odisha government has asked the police and district administrations to take action against “nude dance and double-meaning dialogues” with sexual connotations in Jatra shows, the travelling folk ...

In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Prince Rama of Ayodhya, his wife Sita, and his brother Lakshmana meet Viradha, a ferocious rakshasa (demon), in the dense forests of Dandakaranya. Viradha not only clashes ...

Jatra para has come alive with rehearsals and muhurats. The Covid pandemic and resulting lockdowns had taken a huge toll on the giant Jatra industry in Bengal. Jatra para at Chitpur on Rabindra Sarani ...

Although this highly traditional medium of entertainment faces threats from modern theatre and other forms of entertainment, the story of this specific journey, and the way it has served the ...

The word Yakshgana literally translated means the songs of the demi-gods. These performances started sometime during the 11th century during the Vaishnava Bhakti movement in the coastal areas of ...