On Bhaadraba Krushna Ashtami, Today after completion of Sandhya Dhupa,Jaya Bijaya Dwara is closed.Sudha Suara Sevak cleans the area infront of the door of Bhandara Ghara.After that Pujapanda draws Mandala using five colours of Muruja.Sasthi Devi resides in the Mandala.After…
ଆହେ ଚକୁଳିଆ : A beautiful video on Chakulia Panda of Odisha by Prangya Parimita Pradhan
“Bidyapatescha Kulajaatasthaa Biswabasu Priya Ete Gatwa Tu Debaanan Swarnarekhaadika Drutan” This means the descendants of Vidyapati and Biswabasu will go and adorn the faces of the deities with golden Rahurekhas of 3 fingers width. Rahurekha Lagi of the deities is…
Jhulana Jatra is celebrated from Shravan Shukla Dashami to Pratipada for 7 days in Sri Mandir. For this ritual, silver gina(a bowl shaped utensil) is brought from Bhandara Ghara, Ghatuari servitor provides Chandan and Bhandar Mekap servitor provides the alankaras.…
Almost every serious history enthusiast in this country comes across the subject of Eastern Ganga Dynasty at and yet strangely; the subject is, overlooked repeatedly across our national history. The general approach on this particular historical juncture ends in…
An interview with Prateek Pattanaik who in 18 years is doing awesome work to save our culture and heritage. Read the following article too to know more about him : Inspiring story of a 11th standard student leading contribution…
The Ramayana Circuit is one among the 13 tourist circuits under the Swadesh Darshan scheme. A committee under the Ministry of Tourism jotted down 15 destinations in the Ramayana Circuit in an effort to promote religious tourism. The destinations are…
Aigiri Nandini shloka of Hindu Goddess Durga and this is a short musical film based on fusion classical dance. This video is the fusion of 2 beautiful dance form of odisha , Odissi dance and Chau dance. We first time…
Prahallada Nataka is a 200-year old folk theatre from Ganjam in Odisha. Created by Ramakrusna Chhotaraya, the erstwhile king of Jalantara (a princely kingdom in the southern regions of Odisha), it tells the story of Vishnu’s man-lion incarnation Nrusingha,…
Odisha is going to be the venue of India’s first private sector Triennial. Titled ‘OTIA’ (Odisha Triennial of International Art) will be taking place in the three major cities of Odisha namely Bhubaneswar, Puri and Konark. Come December 2018, India’s…