Autumn has arrived, yet the sky is cloudless. The sun is shining brightly, but it brings no warmth. The soft fragrance of the shiuli flowers floats in the breeze, and the sound of fallen dry leaves echoes everywhere. Fields are golden with ripened paddy, but my heart feels strangely restless. Standing beneath the shade of […]
“ଯୁବପିଢ଼ିର ଶବ୍ଦରେ ଅଛି ଆଗାମୀ ଉତ୍କଳର ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ।”(In the voices of youth lives the dream of tomorrow’s Utkala.) One Independence Day in Thane, a young boy walked into his school in a Sambalpuri kurta. His friends asked curiously, “Which state is this from?” With pride in his eyes, he replied, “From Odisha – the land of Jagannath.”
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“ପ୍ରଭାତର ପବନେ ଟଗରର ଗନ୍ଧ, ଝୁନାର ଧୂପେ ଘରେ ହୁଏ ଆନନ୍ଦ।” (In the morning breeze drifts the fragrance of tagara, With jhuna smoke, the home fills with joy.) Do you remember how mornings began in our Odia homes? Not with alarms or phone buzzers, but with sounds and scents that were almost like prayers themselves. The day
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Inside the Jagannatha Temple, rice undertakes a cosmic journey – from humble grain to the taste of liberation. “Annaṁ Brahma – Food is the Divine itself” The Sacred Idea of Anna in Jagannath Tradition In Jagannatha Sanskriti, food is never mere sustenance. It is divinity in motion – the bridge between human effort and cosmic grace. Of all
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