Culture
A Woman With A Voice!
Smt.Jayanti Patnaik (7 April 1932 – 28 September 2022) was an Indian Parliamentarian and hailed from Aska, Orissa. She was the first Chairperson of the National Commission for Women in early ni…
Pitru Paksha:The ritual of remembering our ancestors!
Hindus believe “Shraddhyaa Kriyate Yaa Saa”: Shradh is the ritual accomplished to satiate one’s ancestors. This ritual expresses one’s unconditional reverence towards the ance…
Heramba:The esoteric God of Good Fortune!
The Brahma Vaivarta Purana explains the meaning of Heramba: the syllable "He" denotes helpnessless or weakness, while "ramba" is protection of the weak, to save them from harm; thus Heramba means the…
Naag Panchami! The serpent king Vasuki!
The snake primarily represents rebirth, death and mortality, due to its casting of its skin and being symbolically "reborn". Over a large part of India there are carved representations of co…
The angry wife!-Hera Panchami!
Lord Jagannath holds an unique place in the lives of Oriyas.To the millions of hindus of Orissa, Jagannath is their nearest kith & kin. Even in faraway,remote villages, before an auspicious event…
The extraordinary Avatar Narasimha!
In Sanskrit, the word Narasimha consists of two words "nara" which means man, and "simha" which means lion. Together the term means "man-lion" Narasimha, who is the God of Protection, Destruction(Mah…