Festivals

Bhubaneswar: Makar Sankranti is celebrated in various parts of India and it marks the shifting of the Sun into ever-lengthening...

Bargarh: The curtains came down on the world’s largest open-air theatre, the annual Dhanu Yatra, here with the traditional death...

Cuttack: Orissa High Court has banned animal sacrifice during the famous Chhatar Jatra festival at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district. The...

Bhubaneswar: Decked up churches, lighted altars, Xmas trees decorated with gifts, devotees flocking to observe midnight mass, revelers sporting Santa...

Firecrackers are so damaging to the air quality that the Supreme Court had banned it in New Delhi last year....

Bhubaneswar: Four days after Dussehra is the full moon night, which marks the beginning of Sharad or the harvest season....

Kolkata: The fragrance of Shiuli and the sound of Dhaak floats through the City of Joy during the nine-day Durga...

Jeypore has an old association with ‘lathis’. They are considered sacred by the tribal groups here, who worship them throughout...

Berhampur can be called a mini Andhra Pradesh in Odisha for it is home to the Telugu speaking Kamma community....

Cuttack: There is nothing like the festival season for flower sellers in the Millennium City to show their ‘flower-power’. Durga...