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|holiday_name = Kalahandi Utsav<br>କଳାହାଣ୍ଡି ଉତ୍ସବ
|type = Annual Exhibition
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|caption = Kalahandi Utsav Poster in 2013
|official_name = Kalahandi Utsav Ghumura
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|begins = January 14
|ends = January 17
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|duration = 4 days
|frequency = Annual
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|month = January

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|date2019 = Jan 14 - Jan 17<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2019/jan/15/colourful-beginning-to-ghumura-festival-1925345.html|title=Colourful beginning to Ghumura festival in Odisha|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref>
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'''Kalahandi Utsav''' ({{lang-or|କଳାହାଣ୍ଡି ଉତ୍ସବ}}) also called <span lang="or">"''Kalahandi Utsav Ghumara''"</span> is an annual exhibition or festival celebrated along with district administration in [[Bhawanipatna]] and [[Dharamgarh]] of [[Kalahandi district|Kalahandi District]] in the Indian state of [[Odisha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kalahandi.nic.in/about-district/|title=About District {{!}} Kalahandi District: Odisha|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref> Kalahandi Utsav is a platform to encourage, motivate and showcase the art, culture, music, drama, literature, handy crafts of Odisha globally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/kalahandi-utsav-winds-thursday-1502567594.html|title=Kalahandi Utsav winds up on Thursday|date=2018-01-19|website=The Statesman|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref>

==History==
P.K. Jena, an ex-collector of Kalahandi first initiated the Kalahandi Utsav in 1997. Initially it was called Ghumura Mahotsav. Then it was organized at sub-division level at Dharamgarh by ex-sub-collector V. Karthikeya Pandian in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allevents.in/kalahandi/kalahandi-utsav-ghumura-2018-at-bhawanipatna-kalahandi/1180181172114465|title=Kalahandi Utsav - GHUMURA - 2018 at Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi|website=allevents.in|language=en|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref>

==Venue==
It is celebrated at Lal Bahadur stadium in [[Bhawanipatna]] and Panchayat playground in [[Dharamgarh]]. More than 300 stalls appear at both venues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2014/jan/16/Kalahandi-Utsav-of-Folk-Art-Forms-564731.html|title=Kalahandi Utsav of Folk Art Forms|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref>

==Performances==
Hundreds of folk dance troupes and folk singers from different parts of the State and outside perform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/kalahandi-utsav----ghumura--kicks-off.html|title=Kalahandi Utsav ‘Ghumura' kicks off|last=Pioneer|first=The|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>

==Preparation==
Mahavir Sanskruti Anusthan,a Cultural organization based in [[Bhawanipatna]] trains local performers of [[Kalahandi district]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiamediacenter.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/folk-artists-of-kalahandi-performed-traditional-ghumura-dance-at-daya-mahotsava/|title=Folk artists of Kalahandi performed traditional Ghumura Dance at Daya Mahotsava|date=2013-04-06|website=Development News|language=en|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Kalahandi Utsav 2011.jpg|Folk dancers performing on 15th Kalahandi utsav 2011, [[Dharamgarh]]
File:Kalahandi Utsav, Bhawanipatna.jpg|Overview of Lal Bahadur Stadium, [[Bhawanipatna]] during Kalahandi Utsav
File:KALAHANDI UTSAV.jpg|Stage of Utsav
File:Lal bahadur Stadium.jpg|Kalahandi Utsav 2019, Bhawanipatna
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Western Odisha}}

[[Category:Kalahandi district]]
[[Category:Festivals in Odisha]]

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