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Kalinga war, which historians place around 261 BC, was Mauryan emperor Ashoka’s only major military offensive. The reason was not his desire to acquire the ravishing commoner Karuvaki as mythology...

Ancient Odisha’s dominance of the sea was so overwhelming that that the Bay of Bengal came to be identified solely with Kalinga. Mahayana text Araya Manjusri Mulakalpa, believed to have...

The boat drifts gently into water and struggles for balance as the feeble current underneath tries to lend it a sense of direction. The cargo on board rests pretty. The...

Bhubaneswar: A pictorial exhibition on Odishan cultural influence across South East Asia, covering Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand, is on at Lalit Kala Akademi here. The exhibition is being organised...

Cuttack: The historic Bali Jatra began on the bank of Mahanadi river in the Millennium City on Tuesday. The eight-day event was inaugurated by the Odisha Assembly speaker Surya Narayan...

Balasore: A 140 ft long boita (boat) was set afloat to the beats of drums and the sound of conch blowing loud at Manitri village in Balasore district to commemoration...

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 perform...

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...

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 near Mancheswar...

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 people...