Perfect lines of houses, their dividers enhanced with canvases, will welcome you when you enter verdant Raghurajpur town, about 10km from Puri, the well-known pioneer and sea shore town of Odisha. Indeed, even without asking, you will acknowledge you have entered a craftsmen’s town where homes bend over as workshops. […]
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In the vast Indian history, there was only one warrior queen, who never got defeated. You will be surprised to know that she was from Odisha. Yes like the first martyr, the first revolt of India and many more stories, Odisha has also given us the first and the last […]
Rasabali is one of the chappan bhog (56 offerings) offered to Lord Jagannath at Puri daily. This sweet dish actually originated in Kendrapara district as an offering to the Baladevjew Temple of Icchapur. It consists of fried discs of chhena (cottage cheese) dipped in sweetened condensed milk. It can be […]
The Jagannath Temple in Puri publishes an almanac in Odia every year which sets the date for every occasion throughout the year. Every puja, every celebration, every festival in Odisha is based on this almanac. This book on astrology (panjika) is considered essential for every devout Odia in and out […]
During the rule of the British Empire in India, there were many rebellions in what would become the state of Odisha. One of the greatest revolts of this period was in Sambalpur by the freedom fighter Surendra Sai and his companions. So great was his valour that the common people […]
As covered in an earlier post, Odia cinema was in financial crisis for a very long time. Throughout the 80s and 90s, both quality and quantity of films from Odisha was in decline. It teetered on the edge but did not cross over to completely shutting down. This can all […]
Let us begin with a disclaimer: this post is not intended to provide any sort of medical advice and we take no responsibility for any harm that may occur while following the instructions given. That said, this post is actually intended to collect the common housewife’s tales about how to […]
I have always been a skinny guy. After completing my engineering degree I went looking for a job in Bangalore, where stress and bad eating habits turned me into a stick. Nobody would have noticed me passing by the street. Then my brother called me back to Puri to decompress […]
For a long time we considered the rebellion of 1857 as the first war for independence in British India. However, in 2017, the central government finally acknowledged that the Paika Rebellion of 1817 was the first war to be fought for independence in a united India. It was fought between […]
The language of Odisha that we call Odia has a long history and a rich legacy, spreading far and wide with the boundaries of Kalinga. Any study of Odia literature is therefore going to be a daunting task filling thousands of pages. This article is not meant to be an […]
Most people agree that the war of 1857 was the first rebellion of Indians against the occupying British Empire. However, in 2017, the Indian government acknowledged that the Paika Rebellion of 1817 was the actual first rebellion of an occupied India. This article was written to elaborate on the root […]
We got ourselves a DJI Spark in December and decided that the local landscape didn’t do its camera system any justice. So began our three day trip to Daringbadi. Daringbadi is situated 3000 ft above sea level in the district of Kandhmal. Considered by many to be the ‘Kashmir of […]
Continued from here. This was the last day of our trip; so we thought, why don’t we make detour instead of going directly to Ratapat. Two temples were on the way and our schedule was free till the evening when the festivities were to start. So off we went. First […]
Continued from here. On the second day of our trip we had scheduled a visit to Kantilo on the other side of the Mahanadi and going straight to Ratapat from there for the festival itself. We began our day by getting lost on our way to Kantilo. Luckily the detour […]
Our group’s history with Badamba is an old one. One of our numbers hails from the neighbourhood and there have been trips to the place all through college and beyond. Situated about 100 kms from Bhubaneshwar by road and about 75 km from Nayagarh, this old town is close to […]
There are many places in the world not on any maps. Unknown to many at large, these places evoke a sense of mystery to any visitor lucky (or unlucky) enough to stumble upon them. It was on one such occasion we came upon this temple built on top of a […]
