Ganjam District is a beautiful holder of many fairs and festivals. The District enjoys celebration of different festivals round the year. The District is not only famous for its beaches, historic monuments, scenic beauty but also for its colourful festivals
Temples are best place to visit where you feel calm and enjoy the beautiful nature.
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It is the best places ever where to remember our history and many more. and many more.
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WaterFalls are like to be nature beauty environment which most peaceful places to Visit Also picnic.
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Probably one of the highly-revered religious sites in Berhampur, Maa Budhi Thakurani Temple is located near the Big Bazar area. The presiding deity of the temple is mainly worshipped by a weaver community - Dera. From its early days, the temple is worshipped by both low caste people and the mainstream Hindus, and thus, it provides a strong association between both the communities. However, the priests here are the barber by the caste. Apart from the religious significance, the temple is very much famous for hosting one of the biggest festivals of southern Odisha - Thakurani Yatra. This month-long celebration is observed after every two years in the Hindu month of Chaitra (April-May). As per the historians, the celebration of this beautiful starts from the day of Mahashivaratri.
Explore MoreDanda Jatrais one of the most important traditional dance festivals organized in different parts of South Odisha and particularly in the Ganjam District, the heartland of ancient Kalinga Empire. The Danda Naata festival is being held in the month of Chaitra of every year. As per Ram Prasad Tripathy's article, it is an ancient festival of the Kalinga kingdom and still alive in and around the ancient Kalinga capital Sampa or Samapa i.e modern day Jaugada of Ganjam district. The Participants of Danda are called Danduas (also known as Bhoktas) and they pray Goddesses Kali and Shiva during this 13-, 18- or 21-day Danda period. Danda begins on an auspicious day before the Chaitra Sankranti or Meru Parba with traditional worship and fasting. The total number of days for the festival is 13, 18 or 21 days.[1] Only male persons take part in this festival.[2] The participants are known as the 'Bhoktas'. All the `Bhoktas` or 'Danduas' lead a very pious life for all these days during the festival and they avoid eating meat, fish or cohabiting during this period.
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There are a lot of cuisines that are severely underrated and one of them is definitely Odiya cuisine. Several dishes that should be extremely popular in the rest of the country is confined to this Coastal state. Like the other states of India, Odisha also has a different variety of breakfast dishes that are eaten all over the state. Berhampur, considered to be the food capital of Odisha, has one of the best food that I have ever eaten in any part of the country. Not only is the food extremely delicious, it is also unique. one such dish is the popular breakfast delicacy puri-upma
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