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Weavers & Artisans To Be Trained To Manage Tourism In Odisha
Bhubaneswar: As part of Odisha Government’s effort to integrate handloom and handicraft sector with tourism, 730 weavers and artisans from different parts of the state will be trained in…
Carved Canopy Of Charchika Shrine in Odisha Restored By INTACH
Bhubaneswar: The worn-out wooden mandapa of the famous Charchika temple at Banki in Odisha’s Cuttack district has been restored, reconstructed and given a new shape.
The structure known…
Demand For Bringing Back Kohinoor For Lord Jagannath In Odisha Intensifies
Bhubaneswar: The demand for bringing back Kohinoor to India gained momentum on Monday with an organisation from Odisha petitioning President Droupadi Murmu seeking steps by the central…
Sand Removal From Odisha’s Konark Sun Temple Welcomed By Experts
Bhubaneswar: Welcoming the process of removing sand from the towering Jagamohan of the 13th century Sun Temple in Odisha, noted researcher Anil Dhir said on Saturday that once the evacuation…
ASI Team Visits Excavation Site In Odisha’s Bargarh; Check Details
Sambalpur: A team of experts from the Archaelogical Survey of India (ASI) has visited Barpali area in Odisha’s Bargarh district to decide on taking over the excavation carried out by a…
NGT Panel Report Throws Spanner In Bali Jatra Plans In Odisha’s Cuttack City
Cuttack: With an expert committee formed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) terming the reclamation of 426 acres of land on the Mahanadi riverbed illegal, the administration in Cuttack is…
Odisha: Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Creates Ganesh Using 3,425 Sand Ladoos
Puri: Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sculpture of Lord Ganesh using 3,425 sand ladoos at the Puri beach in Odisha.
The six-feet-high sand sculpture…
‘Naman’, Celebrating The Humane Spirit In Dance
It was an unusual poetic ground. Poets belonging to different socio-cultural backgrounds and from diverse time zones make a common ideological space where humanity is celebrated as…
Crack Spotted On Aruna Stambha Facing Puri Jagannath Temple
Puri: A crack has been sighted on the iconic Aruna Stambha in front of the Simghadwara, the Lions Gate, of Shree Jagannath Temple at the pilgrim town of Puri in Odisha.
While the…
Odisha Tribal Art Exhibition Opens In New Delhi
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Seeking to promote and popularise indigenous art forms and paintings in a big way, Odisha Tribal Art exhibition has been organised at India Habitat Centre in New…