Padavande

Addressing Lord Ganesh in Odissi dance, this piece is based on choreography created in the 1950s by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, and performed here by Rekha Tandon using movement and space as a ‘virtual yantra’. The traditional pneumonic patterns, or bols, used for such invocations, or mangalacharans, in Odissi have been recomposed here by Guru Trinath Maharana. Original music by Bhuvaneshwar Misra. Sung by: Guru Keshab Rout. Pakhawaj: Guru Trinath Maharana.