Three-day annual dance festival at Mukteswar Temple mesmerises Bhubaneswar

A three-day annual Mukteswar Dance Festival is being held at the Mukteswar Temple in Bhubaneswar. Artists performed traditional dance which mesmerised dance lovers who came in large numbers, as the festival kicked off on January 14. The musical sounds of ghungroos of the dancers left the audience spellbound. To celebrate the Odissi dance form and the State's culture, Mukteswar Dance Festival is organised every year by the Department of Tourism, Government of Odisha at the premises of the 10th century Mukteswar Temple.