Port Blair, Nov 12: NAVODIT-a Festival of Music and Dance by Young talents will be organized from Nov 13-15, 2015 in the city by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Government of India, Kolkata in collaboration with the Department of Art and Culture, A&N Administration. Renowned Classical dancers and Singers Meenakshi Medhi, (Sattriya) Arunima Sengupta (Kathak), Ismita Halder (Kuchipudi), Sparsha Shenoy (Bharatnatyam), Ratna Mukherjee (Rabindra Sangeet) and others will perform during the three days festival. Well known classical artists and cultural associations from these islands will also perform at the festival.
The festival will be inaugurated by Mr Anand Prakash, Chief Secretary on Nov 13, 2015 at 6 pm in the auditorium of Anthropological Survey of India, Middle Point.
On Nov 14, the visiting artistes and others will perform at the Amphitheatre; Anarkali at 6 pm. The festival will conclude on Nov 15 at the Hasmatabad Community Hall, South Andaman where Smt Minati Biswas, Adhyaksha, Zila Parishad, South Andaman will be the chief guest.
