PATNA: The four-day All India Multi-Lingual Pataliputra Natya Mahotsava got underway on Sunday here at Kalidas Rangalaya.
About 150 artists of eight theatre groups from Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Rajasthan and West Bengal are participating in the Mahotsava.
The Mahotsava organised by Prangan, has been sponsored by North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Allahabad, East Zone Cultural Centre, Kolkata, Bihar Sangeet Natak Akademi, Patna and department of art, culture and youth affairs, government of Bihar.
Theatre groups participating in the Mahotsava are Abhinav and Act groups of Ara, Kshitish Theatre Arts, Gaya, Artists' Association of Jharkhand, Nepa Rangmandali, Lucknow, Assam Pradesh Youth Congress Cultural Cell, Guwahati, the Performer, Udaipur and Chhupkatha, Kolkata.
