Bali Jatra

Bhubaneswar: Not known to many, Thailand has its version of Odisha’s Boita Bandana. The festival celebrates Odisha’s rich maritime glory. People come to Bindusagar in the Odisha capital and…

Lest the significance and purpose of celebrating Bali Jatra get lost in the din of current day celebrations, it is important to bring to the fore, year after year, the history behind it. The…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital will commemorate Odisha's maritime glory with nine-day Bali Jatra fair on its outskirts from Tuesday evening. It is being held on the Kuakhai riverbank…

Paradip: The historic Kalinga Bali Jatra began at Biju Maidan here on Tuesday. Inaugurating the festival, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water minister Pratap Jena said the festival reminds…

The vast sea, intimate and intimidating, meditative and moody, lies yonder as the sadhava says goodbye to his dear ones on the morning of Kartika Purnima. As a sea-farer from Kalinga he has…

Bhubaneswar: Kartika Purnima is celebrated with Boita Bandana, a mass commemoration of the maritime glory of the people of Odisha. On the full moon day of the holy month of Kartika,…

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police has issued traffic advisory for the Bali Jatra, to be held at Bali Jatra ground here from November 12 to 19. The traffic diversion from 3 pm to 1 pm on…

Bhubaneswar: With the beginning of the annual Bali Jatra in Cuttack just two days away, Odisha Bytes goes back to the archives of Ollywood to bring you three songs that celebrated the ritual…

She embarked on a voyage much like our 'Sadhabas' (ancient mariners from the Kalinga empire) and travelled across Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia rediscovering Odisha's cultural…