ICCR celebrated World Dance Day with Odissi Parampara — a recital by Dona Ganguly and her troupe — at the Satyajit Ray Auditorium on April 30. A part of ICCR’s Horizon Series, Dona and her Diksha Manjari team performed Ardhanarishwar, Jatayu Moksha, Saveri Pallavi, Nava Durga and more.

“We recently had our annual programme by the Odissi department of Diksha Manjari at Sarat Sadan, where Minakshi Mishra (regional director, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR) was there. She then invited us to perform here. Though it was a bandh day, we thought if an IPL match can happen today, then why not this?” smiled Dona.

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