It was Sunday afternoon but definitely not an off day for the Sun. Scorching hot at beginning of February! Ah! What a promising summer it is going to be.Nevertheless , after visiting the sacred Lingaraja temple we were headed to…
Breathtaking animation of Indian History from 29th Century BCE to 2016: Check Kalinga Empire
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A nice workshop held in Bhubaneswar to portray history of Odisha Art
Times of India Writes Many startling facts of Odisha’s history, most of which are totally unsung, less or never acknowledged, have been beautifully depicted in murals by young artists during a mural painting workshop here. As many as 40 artists…
Bowes Museum in England is having “Celebrating Ganesha” with Idol Carved in Odisha
The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle in County Durham in North East England is having “Celebrating Ganesha” exhibition from May 21 to September 18.Its main object is a 13th century 119 centimeters tall schist sculpture of Lord Ganesha carved in…
Look at How big was the Kalinga Empire : A nice article on different maps of Indian History
India’s history is speckled with the ruins of empires. Kingdoms have periodically risen here, expanded and fallen, reshaping with them the region’s culture and identity. Amateur historian Thomas Lessman, who has been researching world history for over 20 years,…
Utkala Gouraba Madhusudan Das : The maker of Modern Odisha
Madhusudan Das, popularily known as Madhubabu was the moving spirit of Odisha for about a half century in its political, economic and social life. After his return from Kolkata, he found that Odisha had become the land of disease, sorrows…
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Picture Courtesy : Ashish Sarangi Did you know Gangeswari Mandir was built as a model replica for the gigantic Konark sun temple? Read more below: ପୁରୀ ଜିଲ୍ଲା କୋଣାର୍କ ଠାରେ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ମନ୍ଦିର ସମେତ ଅଖଣ୍ଡେଶ୍ଵର ମନ୍ଦିର, ଅମରେଶ୍ଵର, ଦୁର୍ଗା, ଗଙ୍ଗେଶ୍ଵରୀ, କେନ୍ଦୁଳି, ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀନାରାୟଣ, ମଙ୍ଗଳା ଓ…
A nice reply to Why is King Kharavela so underrated in Indian History by Rohit Patnaik
On the contrary, Kharavela is probably the only Oriya Emperor who even gets the slightest scrap of respect from our eminent historians. Lel… Just kidding. Sorry. NO Oriya Emperor or King gets any respect from our eminent historians. Not…
Depiction of Monuments and Lives in Odisha in 1820s in Water Colours by Jitu Mishra
I have always been fascinated on the subject of British interventions in India’s rediscovery in the 19th century. Well, coming from Odisha, her re-discovery in the 19th century occupies a larger space in my heart. In the beginning of the…
How Temples in Odisha played a significant role in granting it separate province in 1936
Odisha’s gigantic temples with their majestic grandeur and rich cultural heritage played a major role as much as the exclusiveness of Odia language to prevail upon the British government to accept the demand for formation of a separate Odisha…