On the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti, a two-day long kite festival is being organized by the Brahmapur Development Authority (BDA) at Gopalpur-on-Sea. Mr. Amitabh Thakur, IG Southern Range and Mr. Prem Chandra Chaudhury, Collector of Ganjam cum Vice Chairman…
3 day annual Mukteswar Dance Festival starts in bhubaneswar from today. The festival was conceptualised and launched in 1984 to promote cultural and heritage tourism following the State Government’s launch of the ambitious annual Konark Dance Festival five years earlier. An Awesome…
Chher Chhera, Puspuni and Pushyavishek all these three words are colloquial replication of “Pausa Purnima” which comes in the month of Pausa, the full moon day. For Odisha this day is culturally associated with Lord Jagannath where on the ceremony…
The much awaited fair of the year, Sisir Saras, for handcrafts and indigenous rural products has kicked off in the city. The ten day fair has been organized by ORMAS (Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society) with sponsorship from Ministry…
Samba Dashami is a unique ritual observed on the 10th day during the Shukla Paksha or waxing phase of moon in Paush month (December – January) as per traditional Odia calendar. This festival is especially celebrated in the eastern part of Odisha. Odisha has a good deal…
Puri beach carnival offering a fete of art, music, theatre, poetry and more would be organised for the first time from January 20 to 26. Inspired from the Goa carnival, the event will be a weeklong affair of fun and frolic. It…
A three day event, Mayurbhanj Utsav organised by the Mayurbhanj Cultural Association, Bhubaneswar is all set to kick start from January 6 at the Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Sabha Ground, here in the city from Friday to promote and propagate the…
Proof and Experimental Establishment and the Integrated Test Range will showcase their military prowess at an exhibition organised on the occasion of Chandipur beach festival, which will begin tomorrow. There are multiple cultural programmes planned during the Chandipur beach festival…
The reign of demon king Kansa began in the western Odisha town of Bargarh with the commencement of Dhanu Jatra, believed to be the largest open-air theatre show in the world. With the curtains going up on the festival on Monday,…
The district of Bargarh with picturesque mountain, perennial streams and falls and vast array of green forests offer some of the best tourists’ attractions. It is not only a land of glorious historical sites and superb natural beauties but also…