Lord Jagannath and Car Festival
Car Festival of Lord Jagannath at Puri is a symbol of Orissa for the rest of India. It manifests Oriyan character and the Orissan...
Temple Chitrakarini, Sari Deula And Temple Yamesvara In Bhubaneswar
Chitrakarini temple
The Chitrakarini temple is situated on the west of the Lingaraj temple at Bhubaneswar. Like the Brahmesvara temple, the Chitrakarini temple, with...
Mangalajodi – A Bird’s Paradise
Once Mangalajodi was famous as poachers’ village’, because of the involvement of villagers in water bird poaching on a large, commercial scale. Even the...
KARMA : THE DANCE OF LOVE, LIFE AND BEAUTY
A Karma song says “Life is full of bliss, peace and happiness. We can have it from the deep blue sky, on the green...
Ratha Jatra in Sri Purusottama Kshetra
Badadanda (Grand Road) was not a continuous stretch as it was bisected by an intervening river Malini. There was then a need of constructing...
Temple sisireswar and markandeyesvara (Two identical early temples)
The Sisireswar temple at Bhubaneswar is an important landmark in the evolution of temple architecture. It consists of the deula (now devoid of its...
DEBRIGARH- A Poacher’s Paradise!
He started stories on how elephant tusks were being smuggled with help of forest department insiders and later the smuggler was caught and jailed....
Kedareswara temple and Gauri temple
Facing the south, this temple is architecturally akin to the Siddhesvara temple and, like it, has a thick-set heavy-shouldered gandi betraying. immaturity. Its...
Sharadiya Durga Puja
Sharadiya Durga Puja or autumnal worship of goddess Durga is a customary ritual in India, celebrated both with austerity and jubilation. Goddess Durga is...
Paintings on Chariots
The wooden chariots (mobile form of the temple) are the temporary abodes of the Jagannath Trinity. The deities are installed in these chariots (locally...
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