in an attempt to introduce french culture to indian audience delhiites were treated to bonjour india festival of france 2013 organized by the embassy of france and iccr a dance performance featuring artistes from both the countries was showcased titled and then one thousand years of peace it was a production based on the biblical prophecies of the apocalypse one of the dancers told us later that evening we observed that the people here are art appreciators they really liked our performance bhubaneswar citybased cultural organization bhumika paid tribute to four noted personalities of the state for their contribution to the field of art and culture they are eminent odissi guru gangadhar pradhan eminent singer bhikari bal and sikandar alam and actor hemant das the programme was inaugurated by culture minister debi prasad mishra the hemnat das award was conferred on veteran actor bijay mohanty and guru gangadhar pradhan award was given to odissi guru pitamber biswal the secretary of bhumika rushi patnaik presided over the function