Festivals & Events News Updates

Ekta Diwas or National Unity Diwas is celebrated every year on October 31, the birth anniversary of India’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Hypertension and diabetes are major lifestyle diseases that if not managed properly lead to brain stroke. On World Stroke Day 2023 know more about the early symptoms of brain stroke.

While idol makers have finished giving finishing touches to the Laxmi idols, the mandaps have been decked up with huge tableaus, gigantic gates, and decorative lights for the 11-day extravaganza in Dhenkanal.

The umbral phase of this eclipse will begin at 1hr. 5min 1ST on October 29 and will end at 02h 24m 1ST. The duration of the Eclipse will be 1 hour 19 minutes with a very small magnitude of 0.126. 

India is about to experience the last lunar eclipse of 2023 on 28th October. The moon will fall in the penumbra shadow of the earth on October 28, and it will enter the umbra shadow region in the early hours of Sunday. On Sunday, October 29, the lunar eclipse will begin at 1:05 am and end at 2:24 am — lasting for approximately 1 hour and 19 minutes.

While idol makers are giving finishing touches to the Laxmi idols, mandaps have decked up with huge tableaus, gigantic gates, and decorative lights for the 11-day extravaganza in Dhenkanal.

Millennium city Cuttack never fails to give a visual treat to devotees during Durga Puja. This year, the city raised the bar with regal celebrations. Believed to be the birth place of idol worship in Cuttack, Balubazaar shines with a graceful Maa Durga idol.

12 ADCPs and DCP rank officers, 28 ACP rank officers, 42 Inspectors, 115 Sub Inspectors and ASI, 70 traffic personnel, and 70 home guards will be deployed to maintain the law and order situation in the capital city during the immersion procession today.

The month is particularly important for the Habisyalis who observe Kartika Brata and worship Lord Jagannath in Radha Damodara Besha during the entire holy month of Kartik.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set up makeshift ponds for the immersion purpose. Two of them have been dug up at Daya river and Bankual river ghats. The other two ponds have come up Kuakhai river bank on the outskirts of the smart city.

The Ravan Podi event, which marks the victory of good over evil, was held at six places in Bhubaneswar. They were Baramunda, Jharpada, Koradakanta, Tomando, Chhatabar and Naharakanta.

Every year, Dussehra is celebrated across the country with great enthusiasm and joy. Along with the festivities, it has a spiritual demand for the victory of Dharma over Adharma. Our long-running traditions and rituals have various ways of showcasing the same, one of which is Ravana Dahan.

The Belgharia 17 Pally Durga Puja Committee in Kolkata chose to decorate their puja pandal with Egyptian theme this year. The Pandal comprises 66ft pyramids to camel resting on ground to adorn the theme of “Rahasya Mishar.

As per the notification issued by the Twin City Commissionerate Police, the immersion (Bhasani) ceremony will start in Bhubaneswar from 3 pm onwards tomorrow (October 25, 2023).

As per the police, traffic restrictions will be imposed from October 25, 7 AM till the end of immersion on October 26.