Tomorrow (July 14) will mark one of the biggest Hindu festivals – Jagannath Rat Yatra – the annual chariot journey festival of Lord Jagannath, along with his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra from the Puri temple to their aunt’s house – Gundicha Temple, where they will stay for a week. Every year, over […]
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ECoR to live stream Rath Yatra
The East Coast Railway (ECoR) will be live streaming the famous Jagannath Rath Yatra from Puri on its mobile app on Saturday (July 14). Passengers travelling to Puri will be able to witness the famous chariot festival on ‘ECOR Yatra’ mobile app even if they get late in reaching the festival site. Users of Android phones can […]
Raja Mouja 2018: joyous festivities with co-creation and learning
Bhubaneswar, June 22 (Odisha.in) This year in June as the monsoon rains drenched the summer baked lands of Odisha, the occasion of Raja – an agrarian rural festival that celebrates the power of fertility (of Mother Earth and young women) – stood witness to a unique social experiment at Kalyanapur, a small village in the […]
Three-day Raja festival concludes with powerful message on womanhood
Bhubaneswar, June 17 (Odisha.in) A three-day Raja festival concluded on Sunday across Odisha with powerful message on womanhood. The agrarian festival was celebrated in different places including at twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar with girls enjoying on rope swings beautifully decorated and hung from trees. Special cultural programmes and different competitions were the […]