Tag: Bande Utkala Janani

Bande Utkala Janani: Unifying Odias From Odisha And Beyond

Sources said, music director Pramanand had gone to Raj Bhawan with the track after the Governor expressed his wise to lend voice for the iconic poem penned by Kantakabi Laxmikant Mohapatra. 

Bhubaneswar: At a time when demands are pouring in to accord official state song status to ‘Bande Utkala Janani,’ the controversial remark by the state Labour minister Susant Singh to replace Utkal with Odisha in the song has brewed another controversy. Labour minister Susant Singh had on Tuesday courted a controversy with his suggestion to […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after voices demanding state song status to ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ grew louder in Odisha, Culture Minister Ashok Chandra Panda on Saturday assured that the government will take an appropriate decision in this regard soon. Speaking to media persons, Panda said that all have high respect for the song irrespective of where it […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik played the ‘hockey card’, protestors under the banner of ‘Ame Odia’ organisation took to streets today demanding state song status to ‘Bande Utkala Janani.’ It is unfortunate that the song which had stirred the souls of Odias during the fight for a separate province is yet to […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday urged people of the State to show solidarity towards Covid-19 warriors by singing the ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ at 5:30 PM on Saturday (May 30). It is believed that the move is a part of expressing gratitude to the frontline workers including doctors, nurses, people’s representatives and others […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged the people of Odisha & Odias across the globe to boost the morale of COVID-warriors by singing ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ on May 30 at 5:30 PM, the Opposition BJP and Congress today came up with a request, wanting to see the CM as the choirmaster of […]

Bhubaneswar: It was one of the rare occasions when people irrespective of class and creed came together on the clarion call of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to sing ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ in a show of solidarity with the frontline Corona warriors of the State. The popular anthem reverberated in every nook and corner of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday termed the move of Odisha government reciting ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ to honour Corona Warriors as part of the ruling-BJD’s plan to take political mileage. BJP leader Kharavela Swain said that the song is adored by every Odia but the government is yet to accord state song status […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cabinet on Sunday accorded state anthem status to the patriotic song ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ penned by poet Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh informed that, “The song has been inspiring people of Odisha since ages. It was a long standing demand of people of the State to accord state anthem […]

Bhubaneswar: Soon after Odisha government accorded state anthem status to Bande Utkala Janani, there was a lot of confusion regarding the style and manner in which the song should be recited. Clearing all confusion, Odisha Culture Department today confirmed that the duration of the anthem has been fixed at 2 minutes and 11 seconds. While […]