Culture & Heritage

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)...

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 hospitality...

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 as ‘Sunyavahini...

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 government to ensure...

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...

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...

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...

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 of Lord...

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 spirituality. What could...

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...