Festivals

Konark: Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Chandra Panda inaugurated the five-day Konark Festival organised by the Department of Tourism in association with Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) and Odisha Sangeet...

City denizens are bursting crackers with vengeance even two days after Diwali as heavy rain spoiled the celebrations on Thursday. The festivities too have changes over the years and OdishaBytes...

The India Kaleidoscope Film Festival (IKFF), New York, will open with 'Kadvi Hawa', a film by Akshaya Parija from Odisha. The second edition of IKFF will be held from November...

Bhubaneswar: The third edition of international art and cultural festival ‘Odisha Biennale 2017’ will begin here from October 28. Since this is the year of Japan-India friendly exchanges, it is...

Bhubaneswar: Major markets and jewellery stores were abuzz with activity on Tuesday with denizens crowding these places to buy gold and silver ornaments on the occasion of Dhanteras. Keeping the...

Bhubaneswar: Second edition of Bhubaneswar Poetry Festival concluded at Hotel Mayfair here on Sunday. Eminent poets Sitakanta Mohapatra, Ramakanta Rath and Income Tax Commissioner Sarat Kumar Dash graced the inaugural...

As maidens of Odisha observed Kumar Purnima and performed the rituals for a husband as good looking as God Kartikeya on Thursday, OdishaBytes spoke to a few celebrities about their...

Bhubaneswar: Kumar Purnima was celebrated with traditional fervour and gaiety across the city on Thursday. Unmarried and newly married girls wore new clothes, took bath before sunrise and worshiped Lord...

These could be the last embers of the warmth of a joint family, a large gathering of siblings, of relatives, of children, of teenagers all hooked on to some thread...

Bhubaneswar: People in their best attire started thronging puja pandal across the state capital since morning to offer puja to Maa Durga on the occasion of Maha Ashtami. Long queues...