Prathamashtami

Bhubaneswar: Prathamastami, the festival for firstborns, is one of the most popular in Odisha. It's celebrated on the eighth day of ‘Margasira’ month. On this occasion, special prayers are…

In our growing up years, autumn felt like autumn. Mornings would be fragrant with the perfumes of 'gangashiuli' Nyctanthes arbor-tristis and 'chhatiana' Alstonia scholaris; nights would be…