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New Indian Express
07-07-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Two million devotees witness Trinity's Suna Besha
PURI: Over two million devotees thronged Puri to witness the Suna Besha of the Trinity atop their respective chariots on Sunday. The process for Suna Besha ritual began at 4 pm. Under tight security, the Mekapa servitors retrieved three sets of ornaments from a temporary strong room relocated from the Bahar Ratna Bhandar, and handed those over to the dressers on the chariots, which were placed under a five-tier security cordon. The Trinity was adorned with a stunning array of ornaments, including giant gold limbs, ceremonial insignias like mace, lotus, chakra, conch, sun and moon, and a golden plough. They also wore large golden tiaras, ornate necklaces, earrings, chest guards, among others. The Suna Besha ritual was completed at 6 pm. Devotees, who had been arriving since Saturday, continued to pour in throughout the day, moving through long barricaded paths along Badadanda to witness the golden attire of the deities, and exiting through a regulated flow. Earlier in the day, the servitors performed the daily rituals on the chariots, starting with Mangal Arati, Tadap Lagi, Mailum, Abakash, Surya Puja, Rosa Homa, and Gopal Bhog, followed by Madhyahna Dhupa at 1.50 pm. The deities were then dressed in the sacred Khandua cloth before the Suna Besha.
New Indian Express
05-07-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Odisha's first GI store opens in Bhubaneswar
BHUBANESWAR: Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy inaugurated Odisha's first Geographical Identification (GI) store in Bhubaneswar's Janpath on Friday. Founded by researcher Anita Sabat and entrepreneur Amrita Sabat, the store is a first-of-its-kind venture that entirely deals with products of Odisha that have been provided GI. The state currently has 26 GI products and the founders said that efforts have been made to source the maximum possible products. These include Odisha Ikat, Kotpad, Sambalpuri Bandha, Khandua, Bomkar, Pipili applique work, Pattachitra, Konark stone carving, Kandhamal turmeric, 'Khajuri Guda', rasagola, among others. Some other products for which GI applications have been submitted, but under process, are also available in the new store like Talapatra Khodei, Santhal Sarees, Dhokra etc.
