Festivals & Events News Updates

Pomp and gaiety marked the festival with the participation of hundreds of devotees.

Devotees will not be able to witness the Sital Sasthi Jatra of Lord Lingaraj in Bhubaneswar as the annual festival was cancelled after no consensus has been reached in a meeting held on Saturday.

Lord Kapilanth will be taken to Lingaraj temple today and later the marriage procession will head towards Kedara Gouri temple, sources informed.

The servitors feel the temple administration has an important role to play in solving the disagreement between them and make way for the celebration of Sital Sasthi Jatra of Lord Lingaraj.

Sital Sasthi, which celebrates the divine marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, is scheduled for tomorrow. 

With the relaxation of the restrictions, it is expected that a large number of devotees will throng the place this year to get darshan of the deity as usual. 

The counting is expected to be finished around 3 pm and the final result will be declared today

Top security arrangement has been made around the counting centre to avert any kind of law and order issue.

All preparations for this ceremony, an integral part of the most famous festival of western Odisha, are at their last stages with artisans giving final touches to the palanquins and tableaus. 

The 31st of May is observed as World No Tobacco Day across the world. Every year on this day, a global campaign is launched to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use.

Voters were seen thronging different polling booths and standing in long queues to exercise their franchise.

A true marriage binds two souls, and only death parts them. Savitri Brata is a traditional ritual in Odisha observed by married Odia Hindu women who pray for long life of their husband. The legend says Sati Savitri fought with Yama and brought her dead husband Satyavan back to life.

This brat is observed on the Amavasya or new moon day in the month of Jyeshtha. 

On this day, women worship Savitri for saving their husbands from Yamraj, the Lord of Death. 

Ranjeeta Priyadarshini from Sambalpur launched an online campaign on Wednesday addressing Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav to provide paid leave to all women employees at government and private organisations who are on their periods.