Bhubaneswar, July 26 (Odisha.in) Paddy sowing which had been delayed due to late monsoon and heavy torrential rains later has picked up in Orissa as weather conditions improved, officials said Saturday. “Sowing has been completed in about fifty per cent of the area. The rest of the area likely to be covered in a fortnight” […]
Archives for July 2009
Lord Jagannath’s chariot festival held in Toronto
Toronto, July 7 (Odisha.in) The annual Ratha Yatra and Bahuda Yatra (return festival) was held on June 27 and July 5 respectively in Canada’s Toronto city with hundreds of devotees pulling the chariot of three deities. This was the second year of the festival initiated by the Toronto Jagannath Temple Trust in collaboration with Bharata […]
Orissa Society celebrates 40th Convention
New Jersey, July 7 (Odisha.in) The Orissa Society of the Americas organized their 40th Annual Convention on 3rd & 4th July, 2009 at Patriots Theatre at the War Memorial & Marriott Hotel, Trenton, New Jersey. Thousands of people of Orissa origin or Orissa loving, across North America joined this fun filled two day event to […]