Padma Shri Haldhar Nag inaugurated photo exhibition Odia Swabhiman Pradarshani Mother, Soil, Mother Tongue should get first Honour- Haldhar Nag Union Ministers Radhamohan Singh and Dharmendra Pradhan to attend the Utkal Divas Inaugural programme as chief guests Bollywood singer Udit…
Many thanks to my friend Dillip Babu who sent me a PDF copy of an autobiography – NILAKANTHA GRANTHABALI. Written in my mother tongue Odia it is a self Collection of memories of Pandit Nilakantha Das, a freedom fighter, social…
A civilisation of the Stone Age has been discovered during a research by the Archaeological Survey of India in Chandaka Sanctuary on the outskirts of Odisha’s capital. A team led by ASI’s Bhubaneswar circle deputy superintendent D.B. Garnaik revealed that…
According to this report in telegraph, an audio-visual gallery depicting rare photographs and paintings related to the Paika Vidroha,considered to be the first armed rebellion against the British, started at the State Museum in bhubaneswar. A 45-minute light-and-sound show, narrates…
Simhachalam temple near Visakhapatnam underwent renovation under various rulers and houses a plethora of sculptural motifs and intricate ornamentation on its pillars. The view from the top is breathtaking. The Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha hill temple of Simhachalam is picturesquely located…
In a major breakthrough, ruins of Buddhist sculptures have been discovered in the Kelua river bed at Bedipur under Dharmasala tehsil in Odisha’s Jajpur district. Eminent Buddhist researcher Mr Nrushingha Charan Sahoo has discovered the century-old sculptures from the river…
Who? When? King Uddyota Kesari of Somavamsi (or better known as Kesari Kings) dynasty built the Brahmeshwara temple in the eighteenth year of his reign. He was the son of queen Kolavati and Yayati Kesari-II (also called Chandihara). Queen…
Kuntala Kumari Sabat was born on 8th February, 1909, at Jagadalpur in Bastar region. Her parents were Daniel and Monica. Shortly after her birth, her parents went to Burma with family. So Kuntala Kumari passed her early childhood at Burma…
Bira Singha was a sixteenth-century seer who possessed occult powers. This is his only discovered literary creation, pondering over the nature of knowledge and metaphysical ideas. An ardent follower of Narasimha, Binoda Mishra turned into the mystic Bira Singha when…
Finance minister Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech, announced to commemorate the Paika Rebellion, an armed uprising against the British East India company in Khurda area of Odisha in 1817 bringing cheers among people across the state. “Two-hundred years ago…