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Odisha’s Festival of Festivals makes a comeback

January 7, 2023986 Views

Second edition of .FEST aims to catapult tourism Starting on the 15th of January, .FEST will have a slew of celebrities making appearances like Bollywood divas Disha Patani and Divya Kumar slated to enthrall audiences during curtain raiser. Renowned dance choreographers like Shiamak Davar and Salman Yousuf would also be taking the stage by storm, along with music superstars like Guru Randhawa, Harshdeep Kaur, Neeti Mohan, and Amit Trivedi, who would present enchanting contemporary, classical and Sufi night performances. The audiences would also get to witness a laughter riot with stand-up comedians Sunil Grover and Shilpa Rao followed with a retro night by popular 90’s singers Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik and Sukhwinder Singh. A fusion fiesta by Siddhart Mahadevan, Shivam Mhadevan, an...

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Wonderla breaks ground for its 5th amusement park in India

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December 6, 20221236 Views

Wonderla Holidays Ltd, India's largest amusement park chain, celebrated the ground-breaking ceremony of its 5th proposed park in Orissa. After announcing this Project's onset in June 2022, Wonderla has announced that the 125-crore Project will be completed by 2025. The Groundbreaking ceremony of the Project was carried out by the Honorable Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, recently in the presence of the State Tourism Minister and other major industry leaders. Wonderla Holidays has carried out a lease mode with the Govt. for an allotted land of 50.63 acres at Kumbarabasta, Khordha, for a period of 90 years. Arun K Chittilappilly & Sivadas with Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at ground-breaking ceremony. Speaking during the panel on ‘Unlocking Odisha’s Nature &...

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Dhauli Shanti Stupa golden jubilee celebrated

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October 29, 2022673 Views

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday joined Buddhist monks from across the world at Dhauli Shanti Stupa to mark its golden jubilee and said peace is the only way to a better and beautiful world. The function at the Shanti Stupa, also known as the Peace Pagoda, was attended by over a hundred monks from Japan, America, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Speaking at the programme, Patnaik said "Peace has no alternative, it has its significance in all ages. Peace is the only way to achieve the goals of a better and beautiful world. He announced the construction of in-stream storage on Daya River at Basantpur at an estimated cost of Rs 95 crore. The tender process for the project has already been started. The Pagoda, situated 8 km from here on the banks of Daya river, was where ...

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Now, heritage sites of Odisha part of walking tour

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October 23, 2022689 Views

Fascinating stories of the past of Odisha will be presented to tourists as the Hindu temple 'Lingaraj', Buddhist pagoda Shanti Stupa' and other heritage sites in and around Bhubaneswar are now part of a walking tour. A walking tour is travelling to a historical or cultural site on foot, frequently in an urban setting. The Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) has launched a guided walking tour to various heritage sites to promote the state's rich culture and history. Odisha Walks', as it was christened, will take an enthusiast to 10th-century Mukteswar and 11th-century Lingaraj temples, Shanti Stupa, Khandagiri and Udaygiri caves. Guides will tell the tales of those places to the tourists. These five guided tours along the identified heritage circuits would help re...

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Monsoon water birds flock Bhitarkanika in droves

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September 19, 2022704 Views

The Bhitarkanika National Park played host to over one lakh migrant water birds this monsoon, a rise of seven per cent, as the sanctuary re-established itself as one of the most congenial breeding grounds in Odisha for the winged guests, officials said on Sunday. The arrival of these avian species at the wildlife sanctuary in Kendrapara district was delayed this time as the spell of rain was not uniform, he said. "Still, we've spotted an impressive congregation of the monsoon birds along the mangrove covers of the park," the official said. The enumerators counted 1.16 lakh birds this year in comparison to 1.09 lakh in 2021. Prominent among those arriving for nesting are herons, darters and egrets. Minimal human interference, ideal climatic conditions and the river syst...

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10 lakh people expected to gather for Puri Ratha Jatra

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June 27, 2022235 Views

Wearing masks was made mandatory for devotees coming to see the annual Ratha Jatra festival in Puri on July 1 amid rising COVID-19 cases in Odisha, a senior official said on Monday. Around 10 lakh people are expected to gather for the festival in the temple town from across the country, and some foreign nations, Director of Health Service Bijay Mohapatra said. The festival of Lord Jagannath this time will see the participation of devotees after two years. In 2020 and 2021, only servitors took part in rituals due to the pandemic. "We are expecting a large congregation during the festival this year. Mask is mandatory in Puri during the festival. Health camps will be set up at the railway station, bus stand and Grand Road (Bada Danda)," Mohapatra said. Asking people wit...

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Olive ridley wave sweeps Odisha’s Gahirmatha beach

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March 27, 2022845 Views

Lakhs of olive ridley turtles have begun crowding the tranquil Gahirmatha beach in Odisha, as part of their annual journey to lay eggs, presenting a rare natural phenomenon and a breathtaking sight, officials said. The Gahirmatha beach is widely regarded as the world's largest-known nesting ground of these reptiles. Apart from Gahirmatha, the turtles also arrive at the Rushikulya and Devi river mouths for mass nesting, they said. Around 2.45 lakh female turtles crawled onto the seashore to dig pits with flippers on Friday, Rajnagar Mangrove (Wildlife) Divisional Forest Officer J D Pati said. "The arrival of so many turtles is a refreshing development and this is probably the largest congregation at the nesting beach in a single day," Pati said. "We're expecting a large con...

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Dazzling performances mark Dhauli-Kalinga Mahotsav

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March 23, 2022447 Views1

Dazzling performances lit up the serene Dhauli as an extravaganza of classical dance, martial art forms and folk performances began amid the picturesque backdrop of the ancient Peace Pagoda. Held at the foothills of the scenic site on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, the Dhauli-Kalinga Mahotsav, which started on Tuesday evening, will witness a collage of dance renditions that represents the various cultural hues of India. More than 500 artistes have congregated at the three-day event to infuse the importance of peace and celebrate unity in diversity. The objective is to promote, preserve and popularise the heritage and legacy of art at the national and international level, according to an official release. Day one of the 18th edition saw a spellbinding show of Manipuri by Bimbab...

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Few species sighted in Chilika for the first time

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February 5, 2022534 Views

Dolphins now colonizing new areas of the brackish water lagoon Chilika lake, Asia's largest brackish water lagoon, has re-established itself as the one of the hotspots of biodiversity and shelters a number of endangered species listed in the IUCN red list of threatened species. The lake is a unique assemblage of marine, brackish and freshwater eco-system with estuarine characters. The lagoon houses about 155-165 dolphins and 10.5 lakhs water birds, representing 105 different species. Eurasian otter captured in camera trap at Chilika For the first time, near-threatened ferruginous ducks and a group of Eurasian otters were spotted in the lagoon in the 2022 Flora and Fauna Survey in Chilika Lake carried out on February 1, an official in the Chilika Development Authority (CDA) sai...

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Jagannath temple to open from Feb 1

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January 28, 20221088 Views

Odisha government Friday announced the reopening of Shree Jagannath Temple here for devotees from February 1 keeping in view the livelihood of locals and "slight" improvement in the coronavirus situation in the state. The twelfth century shrine will, however, remain closed on Sundays for sanitisation, Puri district collector Samarth Verma told reporters after a meeting of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and members of the Chhatisa Nijog (temple servitors body). The local economy is mostly dependent on the temple. This apart keeping in view the sentiments of the people and slight decline in COVID-19 cases, it has been decided to reopen the temple for public from February 1, he said. He said that the temple will be closed on festivals keeping in view the local situ...