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Subject: Odissi Dance Costume. A set of a) Pair of pants b) Natabari c) Blouse d) Majhi Kuncha e) Odhani and f) Tahia. Orissa Dance Academy

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Subject: Gotipua Dance. The Gotipua traditional dance is considered to be the forerunner of the famous classical Odissi dance form. In Oriya, ‘goti’ means single and ‘pua’ means boy. For many centuries young boys dressed as girls perform the Gotipua dance form to praise Lord Jagannath.

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Subject: Odissi Dance Costume. A pair of pants with natabari, odhani and blouse worn by the female Odissi female performer. This object was procured from Nupur, Gopabandhu Cultural Association.

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Subject: Odissi Dance Costume. A dhoti with natabari worn by male Odissi performer. This object was procured from Nupur, Gopabandhu Cultural Association.

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Subject: Ghumura Dance Costume. Ghumura dance is a folk dance of Kalahandi district of Odisha. A set of (a) Jhaler, (b) Shirt, (c ) Dhoti pant (d) Antabhidan (e) Pagadi with Tape

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Subject: Ghumura Dance Costume. Ghumura dance is a folk dance of Kalahandi district of Odisha. A set of (a) Jhaler, (b) Shirt, (c ) Dhoti pant (d) Antabhidan (e) Pagadi with Tape

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Subject: Girigobardhana. The Girigobardhan image represents the incident when Lord Krishna lifted the Gobardhan Hill to provide shelter to the villagers of Vrindavan from torrential rains caused by Indra.

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Subject: Nabagunjara. Nabgunjara depicts a composite animal in which Lord Vishnu disguised himself in the Odia version of Mahabharata. It has the head of a cock, neck of a peacock, hump of the bull, a snake for tail, and the waist of a lion. Three of its legs are from a tiger, a horse and an elephant while the fourth is a human holding a flower or a mirror.

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Subject: Miscellaneous Scenes. There are miscellaneous scenes painted on the wall showing women in different roles.

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Subject: Miscellaneous Scenes. There are miscellaneous scenes painted on the wall showing women in different roles.

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Subject: Ushakothi. This (left) part of the wall is painted with an image of Shiva and Nandi. Shiva is flanked by two women attendants on each side. At the top, there are painted images of Ganesha and Kartikeya in the left and right corners respectively. At the bottom, there are painted images of Basuki the snake and a Tulsi Chaura.

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Subject: Ushakothi. The (right) part of the wall painted with an image of Goddess Lakshmi on a lotus pedestal. She is holding purna-kalasha in four hands symbolizing prosperity.

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Subject: Kali and Miscellaneous Scenes. The (left) side of the wall shows Goddess Kali. Kali is the powerful form of Shakti. She is chief of the Mahavidyas, a group of ten Tantric goddesses. On the other (right) side there are varied paintings of animals such as pigs, tiger and cow. There are also images of men riding horses and warriors with bow and arrow.

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Subject: Miscellaneous Scenes. The other (right) side of the wall has miscellaneous scenes painted on including images of an ascetic, Hanuman carrying mountain Sumeru, animals like elephants and camels and wrestlers.