Festivals & Events News Updates

World Soil Day is celebrated every year on December 5 to raise awareness about the degrading condition of the soil.

The Indian Navy Day is celebrated every year on December 4 to remember the achievement and role the Indian Navy has played in keeping the country’s coastal lines safe during wars.

WHO celebrates December 3 every year as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities to make people aware of how their caring attitude can increase the life quality and span of disabled people.

For non-vegetarians, particularly for those who have a special liking for dried fish, this fair has been a place of attraction. 

World Computer Literacy Day was first celebrated on December 2, 2001, to promote digital learning and also increase awareness about digitalisation.

The situation is so dire that it is nearly impossible to talk on mobile phones once you enter the Bali Yatra ground, let alone the internet. Due to lack of adequate mobile towers, mobile phones do not work when so many people gather at the fair ground.

Gabbar Chai, though a tandoori tea stall just like many other stalls selling tea in several parts of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, has a unique smoky aroma and a variety of flavours that is attracting the tea connoisseurs who visit Bali Yatra.

As per reports, around 90 women of Maa Mahalakshmi Mahila Mission Shakti in Cuttack are preparing and selling the traditional pancakes (Pitha) of Odia households. From Kakra to Arisa, Manda, Chakuli; more than 142 types of these cakes are being enjoyed by the visitors.

On World AIDS Day today know how you can prevent the progression of HIV to AIDS.

As the historic Bali Yatra is going on in full swing in Cuttack, an underwater fish tunnel aquarium installed for the very first time at the fair has turned out to be a major crowd-puller.

With lakhs of visitors turning up at the fairground every day, they were seen enjoying watching innumerable fishes with the experience of walking under the sea in the underwater tunnel aquarium.

Asked about the Chhadakhai business, a fish seller at Unit 4 market in Bhubaneswar said, “There are not enough people in the market due to Tuesday. Many people do not eat non-veg on Tuesday. We have opened our shops since 6 am but cannot sell enough.”

Today is Kartik Purnima. The festival marks the yearly ritual where large number of people in Odisha set afloat miniature boats.

Jagannath Panda's solo exhibition ‘Echoes of the unfathomed worlds’ is all set to be premiered at New Delhi’s Vadehra Art Gallery on December 8. The show will be open for public viewing at gallery hours from December 9, 2023, to January 19, 2024. 

The Commissionerate Police has made elaborate arrangements for the safety and security of the visitors coming to Bali Yatra, one of the country’s largest open-air fairs that kick-started in Cuttack today.