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Tara Tarini temple in Ganjam reopens

December 13, 2021979 Views

Hundreds of devotees thronged the much-revered Tara Tarini temple in Odisha's Ganjam district on Monday when it reopened for public after nearly nine months. The temple, located on top of a hillock on the banks of the Rushikulya river, was opened a day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visited it. On the first day, devotees thronged the place of worship since morning to catch a glimpse of goddesses Tara and Tarini and seek their blessings, said Bapuji Rana, one of the priests. "We hope the number increases in the days to come," he said. The shrine, one of the four Adi Shakti Pithas of the country, was closed for public entry along with other places of worship in mid-April, shortly after the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Later in the year, the admini...

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Nests of endangered baya weaver birds spotted in Ganjam

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August 26, 2021374 Views

Bird watchers are delighted as they have spotted several newly-sprung, intricately-woven nests of the baya weaver in different trees near the mouth of the Rushikulya river in Odisha's Ganjam district. The helmet-shaped nests have been seen hanging from trees, including a palm tree. The nests are the indefatigable effort of the baya weavers, an endangered bird species, to protect the family from predators. "We have found over 100 such nests in a single palm tree at a farm field in Subalaya," said Rabindra Nath Sahu, the honorary wildlife warden for Ganjam. Representational image: Intricately weaven Baya nests. He and Magata Behera -- one of the members of the Rushikulya Sea Turtle Protection Committee in Puruna Bandha have recently sighted the nests while they conducted a surve...