Today we had the good fortune to travel to Hirapur with Odissi dancer Pratibha Jena Singh, who so profoundly depicts the 64 Yoginis in a dance choreographed by her father,the late Guru Surendranath Jena.
Our car wound its way through incredibly narrow local village streets until it reached the beautifully preserved site of this small and intimate temple-in-the-round.
I was able to take a photo of each of the 64 Yogini statues (only one is missing from the temple)! (photos follow, when we finally get to a computer that works for uploading photos)
From there we drove on to Puri, and spent a memorable day there, at the beach, searching for hand loom Sambulpuri woven saris for costumes, and ending the day on the beach, with the sun turning a brilliant orange -red, before it sank into the sea.
What do you mean one is missing? Stolen, destoryed, danced off?
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