Basanta Kumari Samanta was honoured with a formal manapatra at Asima, an International Women's Day felicitation programme organised by Mahendra Kala O Sahitya Sansad in association with Tata Steel Gopalpur. The citation traces her journey from the Khallikote royal household through her diploma years at the Govt. School of Art & Crafts to her decades-long contribution to Odisha's visual art and Odia literature, naming her among the state's foremost woman artists — a recognition that reaches beyond the art world into Odisha's industrial and civic institutions.
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