Tag: Orissa

The journey of a woman seeking truth and the meaning of life

March 22, 2024April 23, 2024 Maya

This is the story of Ekananga and her reason for being here in India. I never wanted to go to India, I was always scared of India. I always said that I will never go there, that I want to go to America. When I was a teenager in the seventies, India was very fashionable for the Hippies. I was... Read More

Interesting places

Little about Orissa

December 22, 2022January 2, 2023 Maya

This place is called Jagannath Puri, or Puri, the land of Jagannatha Essentially, in our tightly defined categories that most often include only the “four major world religions” or simply “our world” and “exoticism” one could conclude that Hinduism prevails in this land as well as in the rest of India. This, however, is a very flattening subject, I would... Read More

Hotels, Guest House

Puri: Dog and Duck Lodge

September 8, 2022September 22, 2022 Maya

A small family guest house located on the coastal Chakra Tirtha Road. Dog and Duck is actually located in the center of indigenous Puri residents engaged in fishing. From the roof terrace of the hotel you can listen to the sound of waves or watch the life of local people. Orissa’s culture is extremely rich in specific events like festivals... Read More

Hotels, Guest House

Puri: Swan Regale

July 28, 2018April 17, 2022 Maya

We moved some time ago to the Swan Regal estate. Now we live in a multi-family block as in a big housing estate. The fact that we are in India, however, causes several important differences in the landscape. I am thinking especially of the habits of Indian residents supported in this fragrant concrete modernity of the place. Bonfires on the estate... Read More

Culture Interesting facts

Puri: Ratha Yatra – the biggest festival of the year

July 25, 2018April 17, 2022 Maya

Rath Yatra Festival, an annual “chariot journey”. Traditionally located in Puri – in the state of Orissa – is associated with the figure of Sri Jagannatha. When the festival falls Rath Yatra takes place on Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya, which is the second day after the new month of Ashadha’s Hindu calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, this time falls on... Read More

Culture Interesting facts

Gallery: Puri, fish village

July 22, 2018April 17, 2022 Maya

A few scenes from the coast area in Puri. The seaside region separates from the rest of the city Chakra Tirtha Road known for bhang shops there. Between this alley and the shores of the Bay of Bengal are settlements of fishing families. At dawn, the bay is full of boats. In the morning, families unravel the nets on the... Read More

Interesting places

Gallery – Orissa: In the village

July 12, 2018April 17, 2022 Maya

Orissa, otherwise Odisha is unexpectedly a bit different piece of India … though like the same. So we are sitting in a land where Jagannath exists. We got to a seaside hotel, where the eternal sound of waves soothes all children to sleep. In search of a larger apartment for our six, we made a trip to the countryside in the Orissa... Read More