THREAD on an Odia Festival ‘#Prathamastami’

Prathamastami is a festival that celebrates the firstborn child of every family. On this day, the first child is called ‘Podhuan’.

It is observed on the Krushna Paksha Astami in the lunar month Margasira.

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bit.ly/Prathamashtami We people call it #Prathamastami, because by Odia Panji, Margasira is the first month of our calendar.
And though it is the first Astami of the year, we call so.
The maternal uncles, who are labelled as ‘ashtami bandhu’ present the first borns with new clothes along with..

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#PayaShraddha is Odisha’s annual ritual of paying respect and bidding farewell to all the ancestors’ who are believed to have come down to earth on Mahalaya during #PitruPakhya and go back to their heavenly abode on the day of #Dipabali amidst the lights.
Peoples’ believe that by giving this shradha, salvation is given to the ancestors of paternal clan with maternal clan. That’s why all say “ଝିଅର ପୁଅ ନାତି, ସେ ସରଗେ ଜାଳିବ ବତୀ”.
By doing so, the pleasing posterity is blessed by the pleased ancestors & their blessings on the occasion+

Some interesting facts about #Mahabharata [THREAD]
1. Duryodhan's real name was Suyodhana.
2. Bhishma was a cursed Vasu in his previous birth.
3. Bhima killed 98 Kaurava brothers in Archery duel, not with Mace.
4. Arjuna defeated Nivatkavachas & Kalkeyas, whom even the.. 1/n ..like of Indra and Ravana couldn't defeat.
5. Arjuna defeated Nivatkavachas & Kalkeyas, whom even the like of Indra and Ravana couldn't defeat.
6. Arjuna was ambidextrous and had conquered sleep as well, similar to Shri Lakshmana.
7. He'd also shoot in Dark and at an..
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THREAD: There is always some stories behind every certain things. So let's know 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮. And in Odisha, we know there's always a mythological story and historical story. So here these are described. 1/5 Tulasikshetra Mahatmya reveals that, BaladevJew killed the Demon king Kandarasura who ruled over the region of Lalitgiri and married his daughter Tulasi. The place where the tyrant ruler Kandara was killed, is named as ‘Kendrapara’ in the memory of Kandara and... 2/5

River Prachi attracted almost all the religions
of India like Buddhism, Jainism, and cults like Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism,
Ganapatya, Saura, etc in the Hindu pantheon.
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https://twitter.com/ashishsarangi/status/1228847075552583680?s=20

Literary
works like Prachi Mahatmya, Sarala Mahabharata, Kapila Samhita, Sunya
Samhita, Padma Purana, Vishnu Purana, Brahma Purana etc referring to this river nd raise its status nd sanctity. Prachi is short term for Prachi Saraswati, means Eastern Saraswati.
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He's promoted d Odissi dande which was renouced in othr countries which was also bcom famous all over d world, So He's called as the father of Odissi Dance. During regime Kalinga was wealthy kingdom by d naval training by mariner of Kalinga creating..
#KharabelaTheGreat

1/n trading wid othr islands & kindoms. D patabastra of Kalinga & othr clothes were very famous in othr countries at tht time. Which was d main resource of trading & more over important ports r there on d brink of d sea namely: Tamralipi, Dantapura & Pithoanda.
#KharabelaTheGreat
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