Rajarani Music Festival

Celebrate the richness of Indian classical music at the two-day Rajarani National Music Festival held in the month of January. Showcasing the three distinct classical music traditions of India―Hindustani, Carnatic and Odissi―the Rajarani music festival is held on the sprawling lawns of the Rajarani Temple complex. It is hosted jointly by the Odisha Tourism and the Bhubaneswar Music Circle and features both the veterans and the promising vocalists and instrumentalists. Eminent singers and musicians like Kavita Krishnamurti, L Subramaniam, Pandit Hariprasad Churasia, M Balamuralikrishna, Shyamamani Devi, Guru Ramhari Das and many more have performed in the prestigious festival. To create an ambience, the beautiful Rajarani Temple―built between the 10th and 11th century―is illuminated up with thousands of tiny lights during the festival. Visitors can also witness the Mukteswar Dance Festival, which is organised by the culture department, two days before the Rajarani Music Festival at the Mukteswar Temple, one of the well-maintained temples in Bhubaneswar. Named after the temple, the annual Mukteswar Dance Festival is very popular among foreign tourists who come here to witness India's traditional dance forms.