{"id":5462,"date":"2022-01-19T09:23:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T09:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/?p=5462"},"modified":"2022-03-09T08:10:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T08:10:40","slug":"fairs-and-festivals-in-odisha-konark-dance-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/fairs-and-festivals-in-odisha-konark-dance-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairs and Festivals in Odisha- Konark Dance Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Konark Dance Festival | Festivals in Odisha<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>About Konark Dance Festival:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Konark Dance Festival is organized every year in the month of December for a five-day dance festival. The Konark dance festival is backdrop of the Sun Temple Konark. It is one of the biggest dance festival in India. Music and dance always made an inherent part of every Indian festival and social-religious celebration. On this festival, a soloist is able to enjoy and admire various Indian classical dance forms. Experts of various classical dance forms of India, gather to meet the beautiful forms of Indian dance. This dance festival you can see the classical dance like Bharatnatyam, Odisi, Kuchipudi.<br>Along with this dance festival which displays handmade items, handicraft and stall specializing for different state of India. The main attraction is colorful dance festivals. This festivals is more than a culture program. Konark temple is famous not only for architecture and statues but also for Konark dance festivals.<a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Location infomation of Konark Dance Festival:Address: KonarkOdisha 752111<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Climate\/Weather in Konark Dance Festival:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Summer &#8211; March to May<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Minimum Temperature &#8211; 36\u00b0 C<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Minimum Temperature &#8211; 24\u00b0 C<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Precipitation &#8211; 26.6 mm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Monsoon &#8211; June to October<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Minimum Temperature &#8211; 32\u00b0 C<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Minimum Temperature &#8211; 25\u00b0 C<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Precipitation &#8211; 202 mm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Summer &#8211; March to May<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Minimum Temperature &#8211; 28\u00b0 C<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Minimum Temperature &#8211; 17\u00b0 C<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average Precipitation &#8211; 24.75 mm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>History Konark Dance Festival:Konark Dance Festival started in the year 1986 at Konark Natya Mandap by its Founder- Director Padmashree Guru Gangadhar Pradhan. This festival has established its unique identity in the sense that eminent artistes of national and international repute participate and perform Odissi, Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi etc. Konark at this time of Konark dance festival which connects the magic of the festival.<strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Languages in Konark Dance Festival:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Oriya (Odia)HindiEnglish<strong><\/strong>Bengali<strong><\/strong>Maithili<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interesting things to See or find Konark Dance Festival:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Near you can visit famous Kornak Sun Temple.Some various shop display in this city.And also visit many ancient temple and holy place in Konark.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>How to reach Konark Dance Festival?<strong>Flight \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;Bhubaneswar is the nearest airport<strong>Bus \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;Bus Service from Bhubaneswar.<strong>Railways \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Nearest railway station Puri.<br><strong>Other Ways&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Buses and hired cars are available in Puri, Bhubaneswar.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nearest Visiting places from Konark Dance Festival:<strong>Ramachandi Temple:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Ramachandi temple is located at the banks of Kusabhadra River which flows into the Bay of Bengal. A very old Devi temple. This temple is dedicated to Goddess Ramachandi. This temple is one the most famous temple in Konark. This temple surrounded a wonderful picnic place and is rich with a verity of bird species and pleasant views.<strong><\/strong><strong>Sun Temple Konark:&nbsp;<\/strong>Konark Sun Temple, one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India, which is located in Konark city. This is 13th Century temple which is dedicated to Lord Sun. One of the best tourist attraction in Odisha. It was built in 1278 CE by a former Ganga king Narasimha Dev I. Sun Temple is the concept of the whole temple in the form of a chariot. The temple is made of Khondalite rocks, and is built in the traditional style of Kalinga architecture.<strong>Archaeological Site Museum:&nbsp;<\/strong>This museum is near located in Sun temple. It\u2019s quite good museum, and also provides the information of Sun temple. The museum was established in 1968. There are many different things in the gallery, which are displayed in 4 different galleries. These galleries ancient objects include various sculptures, paintings, manuscripts and various falling parts from the Konark Sun Temple. It\u2019s a wonderful Museum visit.<strong><\/strong><strong>Konark Beach<\/strong>: This famous beach attracts many tourists not only from India every year but from all over the world. It is located at 3 Km from Konark Sun temple. Clean sand, turquoise water, sun and cold air are typical for the Konark Beach. It is considered one of the finest beaches in Konark and is also popular all over the world. The natural surroundings of the beach are quite and wonderful view.<strong>Nine Planet Shrine:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Nine Planet Shrine temple is located outside of Sun temple. Taking the sitting figures of the sun and the remaining planets of the moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu is the main part of this small temple. These nine planets are represented Navagrahas. Also Knows as Navagrahas Temple.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nearest Petrol Pump near by Konark Dance Festival:<\/strong><strong>Hindustan Gasoline HPCL Pump<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Puri-Konark Marine Dr, Balighat, Puri, Odisha 752002<strong>BPCL Petrol Pump &#8211; Basudev Filling Station<\/strong>SH-13, Old Pipili Konark Road, Puri, Puri, Odisha 752106<strong>Bharat Petroleum<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Old Pipli-Konark Rd, Puri, Odisha 752110<strong>Konark Filling Station Hindustan Petroleum<\/strong>SH-13, Konark Road, Puri, Puri, Odisha 752111<strong>Petrol Pump<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Konark-Kakatpur Rd, Balidokan, Odisha 752111<strong>Konark Indian Oil Petrol Pump<\/strong>SH-13, Konark Road, Puri, Odisha 752111<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hotels\/Lodge\/Accommodation near by Konark Dance Festival:Panthnivas Konark<br>Add: At\/Po, Konark 752111SURYA INN<br>Add: Near Canara Bank, Konark, Odisha 752111SUN TEMPLE HOTEL, KONARK<br>Add: NEAR BUS STAND, Konark, Odisha 752111Labanya Lodge<br>Add: Konark Rd, Konark, Odisha 752111Lotus Eco Resort Konark<br>Add: Konark-Puri Marine Drive Road, Po- Khalkatapatna, Konark, Odisha 752111Lotus Resort<br>Add: Konark Rd, Konark, Odisha 752111Pagoda Inn<br>Add: Konark, Odisha 752111Banita Hotel<br>Add: Konark Rd, Konark, Odisha 752111<ins><\/ins><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Things to carry in near Konark Dance Festival:Carrying essential water.Carry camera you take photos of beautiful place.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tips &amp; Suggestions in Konark Dance Festival:The best time to visit and enjoy this view from March to September.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Help Line\/Phone Number in Konark Dance Festival:Konark Hospital &#8211; +91 40 44 66 15 15<br>Shree Medicals &#8211; +91 674 2543489<br>Konark Police Station &#8211; 06758 236 825<br>Ramachandi Police Station &#8211; 06758 213 111<br>King Air Ambulance Services &#8211; 070913 60310<br>Air Ambulance Services &#8211; 088090 88765<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konark Dance Festival | Festivals in Odisha About Konark Dance Festival: Konark Dance Festival is organized every year in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5464,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462\/revisions\/5464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}