western odisha

Sambalpur: Margasira Masa (month) sets giving way to Pausha Masa (month), the first day of the month is celebrated as 'Paheli Pausha'. Normally, when we talk about the festival, many puja…

The gods are well rested after Chaturmasa, their four-month period of repose, and farmers in Western Odisha celebrated the occasion with ‘Dashmi Puja’ on Thursday. On this day, the…

Sambalpur: ‘Ghubukudu’, a short film based on the culture of western Odisha, will be screened at two international film festivals. Directed by Sushant Panda, the film has been selected…

If you think the iconic Dalma or the popular Santula is something you will find in every Odia kitchen, then you could be wrong. Traditionally, these two dishes aren’t even cooked in western…

Balangir: ‘Bhai Juntia’, the traditional celebration of sibling bond and care, was once a major festival in Western Odisha held on the auspicious day of Durga Astami. Besides the…

Bhubaneswar: Western Odisha is in a celebratory mode. It is Nuakhai time and people are home to add fervour to the agrarian festivities. Navanna (season’s first crop) Lagi ritual was…

I can’t imagine Odisha being a breakthrough state and a $1 trillion economy without harnessing the rich west Odisha. The western part of Odisha has deep-seated cultural identity, rootedness…

Bhubaneswar: The lagna (auspicious time for ritual) of ‘Nabanna Lagi’ ritual of Nuakhai Festival was fixed in Western Odisha on Friday. Nabanna Lagi ritual will be performed between 8.50…

Bhubaneswar: Temperature in most parts of coastal districts of Odisha, which had witnessed a sharp rise on Wednesday, came down appreciably due to Nor’wester (kalabaisakhi) late in the…