Odissi dancer, Premananad Sahu performs Battu at Sopan Festival

Our art is eternal, our identity is from this and our existence from them. It is important to keep these arts alive and for that, we need to come up with such events and need the audience to bring these back to life. Sopan, the name given to this event means stairs which serve as a step ahead for these young talented artists to present their art form. Premananda Sahoo has been learning for the past many years at Gandhar Mahavidyalaya in Delhi. He is a graduate in fine arts from the Delhi College of Art. Battu is a pure dance piece which is said to have been derived from the influence of the tantric worship of Batukeshwar bhairav an aspect of Lord Shiva.

Delhi government always tries to come up with such cultural events especially being organised outdoor and not in an auditorium. Well, the artists in this six-day festival called Sopan which is a festival full of young dancers and musicians. All these artists have been given scholarship by Sahitya Kala Parishad. So all the artists performing in this six-day festival are scholarship holders of Sahitya Kala Parishad and they are very talented and amongst the best in their generation and that's how they have been given scholarships to pursue their different art forms.

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