Today’s Pic

Gajalaxmi Puja being observed at various puja pandals in Cuttack   Gajalaxmi Puja being observed at VSS Nagar in Bhubaneswar   Sand art by Subal Maharana on Vigilance Awareness Week at Secretariat SBI office in Bhubaneswar     Sculptor Laxmidhar Rana works on a dummy...

An artist gives finishing touches to clay idol of Goddess Laxmi at Kathagada Lane   A priest puts ceremonial vermillion on forehead of a tourist at Khandagiri caves in Bhubaneswar A street vendor sells fried peanuts   Artists busy making clay idols in Kathagada Lane...

A slum child plays with a doll at Rajmahal Square in Bhubaneswar   Customers buy bamboo-made articles from Ring Road in Cuttack   A man travels unsafely atop a loaded trolley-rickshaw at Chandichhaka in Cuttack     Heavy pollution at Janpath in Bhubaneswar amid ongoing...

A man fishing in Kuakhai River at Bhubaneswar     Immersion ceremony of Goddess Durga at various places in Cuttack   Women celebrating ‘Sindura Khela’ ritual at Gadagadia Ghat in Cuttack   Sand mafias engage heavy machinery to dredge sand illegally from Kuakhai River in...

Rasulgarh Durga Puja Samiti observes the rituals for Dashami puja ‘Besha Anukula’ ceremony being held in Puri Jagannath Temple to mark the beginning of the rare ‘Nagarjuna Besha’ As per tradition, Kshatriya members of Rasulgarh Gopinathdeba Gramya Committee march to Maa Durga's temple with their...

Maha Navami Puja being observed at various Durga Puja pandals in Cuttack     On the occasion of Maha Navami, many owners of two-wheelers got pujas done for the bikes at Badheibanka Chowk in Old Town, Bhubaneswar     Maa Basanti Durga dressed up in...

Herons rest atop a tree at Sisupalgarh in Bhubaneswar    Mahastami puja at various Durga Puja pandals of Bhubaneswar       Mahastami puja at various Durga Puja pandals of Cuttack   Traffic chaos in Bhubaneswar amid Durga Puja

Saptami Puja at Durga Puja pandals in Bhubaneswar   Devotees throng goddess Jhanjirimangala shrine     Mahishamardini attire ritual of goddess Basanti Durga     Maha Kali attire ritual of goddess Dhakulei       Maha Saptami Puja being observed at various Durga Puja pandals in...

Fibre idol of Goddess Durga being repainted at Kathagada Sahi pandal in Cuttack   Khannagar puja pandal in Cuttack A vendor sorts lemons at his shop   Customers suffer without all-weather road at Unit-I market in Bhubaneswar Saptami Puja at Nayapalli Durga Puja Samiti in...

Herons sit atop a mound on Kathajodi riverbank in Cuttack    Chamunda attire ritual of goddess Dhakulei   Bagalamukhi attire ritual of goddess Jhanjirimangala   Low-pressure induced rains in Bhubaneswar   Durga Puja pandals in Cuttack   Durga Puja pandals in Puri Artificial pond being...