Friday 4 October 2024

Saroha Festival: In memory of Guru Hare Krishna Behera - Taalam: column by Leela Venkataraman

In keeping with the quiet, non-controversial and modest character of late Odissi Guru Hare Krishna Behera the event was in memory of, was the modest but well-designed Saroha Festival held at the M.L. Bhartia auditorium of Alliance Francaise, New Delhi, on September 4, 2024. Having trained in Gotipua dance, and in Chanda and Champu of Odissi music, Hare Krishna Behera belonging to Balasore in Odisha, had his Odissi dance training under teachers like Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and Guru Mayadhar Raut, when he was in Kala Vikash Kendra of Cuttack - till he migrated to Delhi in 1964, where after a stint with the Natya Ballet Centre, he joined the Gandharva Vidyalaya as a teacher in 1971. He later ran his own teaching classes at his place in Asiad Village, till he passed away in 2012. Daughter/Odissi dancer Kavita Dwibedi holds the festival of Saroha every year in memory of her father/guru. 

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