Odisha: Odissi dance get into Guinness Book of World Record

560 Indian Odissi dancers performance get into the Guinness Book of World Records. In the biggest congregation of Odissi dancers, 555 dancers from across India and abroad matched steps to perform the complete five-phase repertoire of classical Odissi for 28 minutes for the feat on December 24. The dancers started with “Mangalacharan,“ followed by “Batu,“ “Pallavi,“ “Abhinay“ and “Mokshya.“ The colourful show held at the Kalinga Stadium to flag off the week-long International Odissi Festival was organised by the Department of Culture in collaboration with a cultural associations.