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GAJALAXMI PUJA,
DHENKANAL GajaLaxmi Puja in Dhenkanal enjoys a special place in the cultural map of Odisha. Every year this festival begins form KUMAR PURNIMA and continues for eleven days. This is the longest festival of the district. This grand festival started in the year- 1923 at Kunjasahu Chawk. Now known as Genesh Bazar. However gradually the puja pratistans mushroomed and now 36 puja pratistans observe Gajalaxmi Puja. Speciality of this festival is that, it starts from college road to Korian Chawk almost 7 kms. The visitors have darshan of all the Puja Medhas situated on the road sides. It attracts crowd from all over Odisha. |
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MaghaMella at Joranda
Magha Mella at Joranda is the most
famous festival of ‘Mahima Dharma’ . Every year it begins on ‘Magha Purnima’
& continues for four days at Joronda. Mahima Sanyasis & devotees from
different parts of the country come ot Joronda- the epicenter of ‘Mahima
Dharma’. It is an occasion for the believers who celebrate it as ‘ Guru
Purnima or Prabhu Purnima’ with gigentic composite lamps enlightening the
whole temple complex. |
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Ratha Yatra, DHENKANAL The Ratha yatra is celebrated in Dhenkanal town with great charisma & grandeur. The idols from Lord Balaram Temple are taken on “Pahandi” to a couples. of chariots. The ladies pull the smaller chariot ‘The Debadalana. The car festival spans the entire main market from Rathagada to Mausima Mandir i.e. Gundichaghar at Baji Chouck. The kings of Dhenkanal have been performing rituals on Ratha Yatra since historic days. |
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Bullock
Festival, Bhuban
Bullock festival of Bhuban has a special identity. Bullock is
the most ancient means of transport and communication. In the olden days, the
merchants specially the ‘Thorias’ or the salt merchants used bullocks to
carry their loads. They were travelling different business points of India
with this beast of burden. In order to commemorate the old heritage and to
realize the importance of bullock in rural economy and agrarian society, the
Bullock festival is held every year during the Dashera at Bhuban. |
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JAGAR YATRA, KAPILAS
Kapilash is the abode of Lord Chandrasekhar & one of the famous
tourist spots of Odisha.Every year during Mahasiva Ratri ‘Jagar Yatra’ is
being observed. Devotees come from different corners of Odisha as well as
India, by climbing 1352 steps or by
walking through the ‘Barabanki’. They worship Chandra Shekhar with devotion
& austerity. After ‘ Shodasa Upachar’ the “Moha Deepa” ascends to the
pinnacle of the temple. The District administration makes minute arrangements
for the convenience, security & comfort of atleast 5 lacs of people who
enkindle the lamps through out the night under the starcast dark curtain of
the night sky. |
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