Raja Parba – Mother Earth’s Festival
Read about Odisha’s Raja Parba or Mother Earth’s festival. Its assumed that she is menstruating in these three days. Raja 2024 was celebrated between Jun 14 to 16.
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#MySareeToday – A Kotpad
I wore a beautiful Kotpad Saree for Pongal. This is my first Kotpad. Thank you Folkweave for sourcing this beauty ! #ILoveHandloom
Balasore Train Tragedy
In an unfortunate train accident at Balasore, last night three trains derailed. It left 240+ people dead & several hundreds injured. A sad day 🙁
Raja Parba – Festival of Soil
Read about Odisha’s Raja Parba or Festival of Soil. A three day celebration of Mother Earth. Its assumed that she is menstruating in these three days.
Debasnana Purnima
Today Bhagwan Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhadra will have their Debasnana in preparation for the Ratha Yatra on July 1. Beautiful tradition.
Puri Jagannath – Sthala Puran
Do read the amazing sthala puran (history of the place/temple) of Puri Jagannath Mandir compiled by Aparna Panda. Jai Jagannath.
The first “Utkal Lakshmi” saree
For Krishnan’s birthday, he bought a gadget for himself but I wore a new saree :), each of us gifting ourselves what we love. This saree was bought from my favourite online store – Kalpavastram. Lakshmi had posted these sarees a couple of times earlier and I missed buying them every time. This time too, … Read more