Culture & Heritage

Against the majestic backdrop of the Sun Temple, the 33rd edition of Konark Dance Festival began on Thursday. The festival, considered to be one of the major cultural events of...

Puri: As part of the World Heritage Week celebrations, entry to monuments and sites protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Odisha and all other states will be...

Puri: Thousands of ‘Habishyalis’ thronged the seaside pilgrim town of Puri in Odisha to observe austerity and offer special puja as part of Kartika ‘Brata’ as the holy month began...

Puri: A large number of devotees thronged Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s pilgrim town of Puri on Thursday to witness ‘Radha Damodar Besha’ of the deities as the siblings were...

Bhubaneswar: As the five-day Durga Puja festival draws to a close in Odisha, the unique tradition of offering ‘dahi pakhala’ to the Goddess on Vijaya Dashami attracted a large number...

Puri/Bhubaneswar: Thousands of devotees thronged temples and water bodies across Odisha on Sunday to pay homage or ‘Shradha’ to their forefathers on the occasion of Mahalaya. On the auspicious occasion,...

Bhubaneswar: As the demand for opening Lord Jagannath’s Ratna Bhandar gained momentum, Odisha Law Minister Jagannath Saraka’s remark about the safety of the treasury of the 12th century shrine at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Science and Technology Minister Ashok Panda has said the National Monument Authority’s (NMA) nod to ambitious projects, including the heritage development and beautification plans at Ekamra Kshetra around...

Bhubaneswar: Parliamentarian Aparajita Sarangi on Wednesday thanked the National Monuments Authority (NMA) for asking the Odisha government to shift the site for construction of the reception centre of the Shree...

Cuttack:  After dumping of a huge volume of debris in the moat of the historic Barabati Fort caused confusion among residents of Odisha’s Cuttack city, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)...