Dhanu Yatra Explained: How An Odisha Town Turns Into Mathura For 11 Days | OTV

Dhanu Yatra Explained: How An Odisha Town Turns Into Mathura For 11 Days | OTV

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Odisha’s Krishna Leela has earned a Guinness World Record — and this tradition
has been alive since 1947.
Here, stories are not merely told.
The streets themselves turn into Mathura.
This is Dhanu Yatra — the world’s largest open-air theatre.
But behind this grand spectacle lies a deeper rhythm of time and faith.
It begins with Dhanu Sankranti, when the Sun enters Dhanu Rashi.
The nights slowly shorten.
The harvest season comes to an end.
Folded hands rise in prayer to Surya Dev — and homes fill with the sweetness of
Dhanu Muan.
In Bargarh, art begins to cast its spell.
From Pausha Shukla Panchami, for eleven continuous days,
an entire city transforms into a living stage —
a tradition that has walked alongside India’s independence since 1947,
stretching across an 8-kilometre-long theatre without walls.
In Hatpada, Kansa sits on his throne.
In Gopapura, Nanda’s court comes alive.
The Jeera River becomes the Yamuna.
Village ponds recreate Kaliya Mardan.
This is the culture of Odisha —
one that does not merely remember stories,
but chooses to live inside them.

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