Odisha passes resolution for granting classical status to Odissi music

A resolution was passed by the Odisha government to urge the Centre to grant classical status to Odissi music, adding that it was different from Hindustani and Carnatic music. “Odissi music, like Odissi dance, is not only very ancient but has its own characteristic features for being reckoned as a classical form. It has its own tradition, texts, ragas, talas, Gita and classical style," minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi said.