Dharakote : Only Place In Odisha Where Princess Perform Rituals of Rath Yatra

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Puri Rath Yatra is special because it is believed and proved too that without King's presence and until he has swiped and cleaned Lord Jagannath's chariot before the start of Rath Yatra, chariot will not move from its position and it is proved in earlier days.

Similarly there is a place in Ganjam district of Odisha state known as Dharakote not a King but a princess of Dharakote perform rituals of Rath Yatra.

It is getting followed from last 3-4 years after King's death in 2012 with official announcement. 



  




























This is 800 years old festival which still people execute with their open heart and do obey every instructions, their king give during the Rath Yatra time.

Since it is the duty of King to perform the rituals of Rath Yatra, Sulakhyana Devi, the princess, who assumed the throne at the age of 14 years, after the death of her father Kishor Singhdeo in 2010, took this responsibility and performing this since then.

Moreover, people of this place greet her as King only and take part to properly complete this holy Yatra. They give their full support and are very happy to see their king ( princess).

Here return journey which we called as Bahuda Yatra ( Return Journey of Lord Jagannath with this brother and sister) is performed in Ekadasi((day after Puri Yatra).

In this democracy, this is only time once in a year and one day when a we all see King performing his duty and where all people support him during this whole holy Yatra..

Why This Rath Yatra Is Performed During Ekadasi ?

Earlier days when the king of Dharakote returns from Puri Yatra, they carry out this Rath Yatra in their place. Hence it is performed just after the Bahuda Jatra of Puri Rath Yatra After death of King - Princess do perform

People wait excitedly to see their king and only after his permission, all 3 chariots are pulled.

Hence it is special and different from rest Puri Yatra.

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My Puri Visit : Place of Lord Jagannath

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Puri Rath Yatra is biggest festival in our Odisha state.This is otherwise known as God's travel. 

This is the time when God along with his elder brother Lord Balram and sister Subhadra, comes out from his house ( which we call temple) and provide their blessing to their people. During this time, all the 3 lords travel to their aunty house where they spend their time.

 Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and sister Subhadra all 3 travel in their own chariots ( colourful vehicles) which you can see down the images during my visit.

 Below are some of my moments in Puri. 

 I got all 3 lords wishes and able to visit this rath yatra and you can see beautiful images from holy place.


This is the entrance of the Puri Temple


Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Sister Subhadra Chariots



School Children providing their social support to public. These are scouts-guide


All the pujaris and workers arranging the chariot things and making it ready during the return of Lords back to their house.


Its hot in Puri, hence you can see me very tired and not able to smile :)


Police and temple workers trying to manage the chariot position so that there will be not difficulty while returning.




This is the place where all the 3 lords Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Sister Subhadra stay. Yes this is their aunty ( mausi ) house and stay for some days. During this time, they are served 56 bhog which I have already expalined in my earlier blog



 There is long story behind this beautiful festival which I am going to share in my upcoming article. 

 Lord Jagannath is not only loved inside Odisha but he is loved by whole world and this is the reason one can also see people from rest of the world visiting this special and unique festival.

 There is saying, if you have blessing from lord Jagannath, you will be able to visit this beautiful holy place and you should visit this place in your life once.

 Why wait ?
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How To Prepare Cutlet From Jack-Fruit Seeds ?

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Image Source :  Google  ( Jack Fruit Tree )
                                                                                    Jackfruit is one of the biggest fruit in the world and  in my state it is counted as favorite one.
We call it as " Panasa " It is usually found during summer time and rainy season.

 I don't know about other place, but in my Odisha state it is not only eaten raw but also we prepare curry usually when it is in baby stage. Yes jackfruit passes through 3 phases which we call it as " Panasa Bayasa "

 These 3 phases are :

  1. Early Stage - when it is about to grow
  2. Baby Stage ( 2nd phase) - It is grown but without seed
  3. Final Stage / Mature Stage - During this time, it is seen fully grown with seeds. 
Hence in my state Odisha, we use 2 and 3 phase of jackfruit to prepare curry.

Jack Fruit with Seeds
Image Source : Google 
Today I am going to explain you how to prepare Jack-fruit cutlet with its seeds :

Jack Fruit Cutlets
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Jack Fruit Cutlets
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Take out all the seeds from Jackfuit which is fully grown. 
Now before carrying out the final process, we need to boil jackfruit seeds properly which is very important part of this dish.
Boiled Jack Fruit Seeds
Image Source : Google 

Steps to boil jackfruit seeds :

  1. Take a boiling pot.
  2. Put all the jackfuit seeds in it.
  3. Add enough water so that all the seeds are well inside the water.
  4. You can add pinch of salt, so that it increased the boiling process and make the seeds more soft.
  5. Put the pot on burner and boil it for almost 30-40 minutes in slow heating. 
  6. In the final time of boiling keep checking the softness of the jack-fruit.
  7. Drain the water and let the seeds dry for sometimes.
  8. Now peel out the outer skin of the jack-fruit seeds. Be-careful as the outer skin is very slippery and it may get inside your nail while peeling out.
  9. Once it is over now its time to prepare other part of the curry.
Preparing Paste :
For this we need a small or medium pan where we can make a paste for our boiled seeds.

Now follow the below steps to prepare the paste :
  1. Add 2 spoon full of turmeric powder
  2. Add 2-3 spoon full of red-chilli powder
  3. Add ginger+garlic paste 
  4. Add either chicken powder ( for non-veg people) or sabji/curry powder ( for veg people) : 1-1+1/2 spoon full 
  5. Add boiled jackfruit seeds in it.
  6. Now start mixing all these till everything get well mixed add little water to make the paste more thick.. make sure your paste is thick only otherwise while deep frying your result will not be good.
  7. Leave the mixture for 1/2 hour with covered.
  8. This cover creates a vapour inside the pan and a kind of taste is generated.
  9. Separate each seed paste with enough paste from each other on a plate.
Frying Jackfruit Seeds Paste :
Now since everything is ready, its time to prepare the cutlets :
  1. Put a fry pan on the burner
  2. Add enough amount of refined oil
  3. Let the oil heat for sometime 
  4. Start putting the above prepared seed mixed with paste carefully in the heat oil.
  5. Fry till the paste turned into golden colour.
  6. Take out the fried one on a clean plate.

Here it is your jackfruit cutlet is ready to serve. You can serve to your family members, friends with either tomato sauce, chutney, coffee/tea. 

It is healthy, tasty and delicious cutlet and its good for health hence old people can eat it without any doubt :)




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Beautiful Odisha Konark Temple

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Odisha – The land of temples, nature and land of Lord Jagannath. This is also considered as one of the peace state of India. People visits Odisha to worship Lord Jagannath who is also known for his love towards its deities and people.
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Konark is one of the temple after Puri Jagannath temple. It is also known as Sun Temple. It was built by Raja Narasinghs Deva-I of the Ganga Dynasty during 13th Century. This is one of the unique piece of engineering.


Sun Temple ,other name of Konark Temple is one the best and famous tourist spot in Odisha and also considered as one of the most crowded tourist spots of India.
Image source : wikipedia
Interesting Facts of Konark Temple :
  • Konarka name came with two words : KON ” Corner” + ARKA : “Sun”
  • It is situated in Puri
  • Konark Temple is dedicated to God Sun
  • It lies in the coastal part of Odisha
  • Built during Vedic Period
  • As per the archaeological, the entire temple was designed in the shape of a  colossal chariot  with seven horses and twentyfour  wheels , carrying the sun god, Surya,  across the  heavens. 

Architecture of the temple :
This design is said to be the original design of the temple :
European sailors used to call the temple as “The Black Pagoda” and they made it as one of their entry landmark while taking coastal voyage.
Image Source : Google
There is very interesting story behind the fall of Konark temple which I will disclose in mine later article. Briefly I will tell that the temple is said to lost its beauty after the death of legend Dharmapada.
Hope you have loved reading mine article. I will continue this topic for Konark Temple with some more interesting facts and some historical stories behind it.


Its Construction : The temple is built with stone pieces
How to reach Konark Temple ?
Puri is the place from which you can visit Odisha Sun Temple Konark. This spot doesn't have its own airport nor its own transport or railway station.
Hence one can reach to this temple either directly from Bhubaneswar ( Odisha Capital ) or from Puri which is near to the temple.
By Air : closest domesting airport is at Bhubaneswar and from their it is 64 km away.
By Train : Puri is the nearest railway station which is about 31 km away from the temple. Hence one can take train to puri from the capital or Khurda Station ( Odisha )
By Road : State-run buses are running from all parts of the state and is well connected to all major cities of Odisha.

Best Hotels to stay in Konark :
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How To Prepare Odisha Chicken Curry ?

12:14:00 PM

Odisha Famous Chicken Curry 


Today I am going to share secret recipe about how to prepare chicken curry which Odia people prepare. This chicken curry is otherwise called as " Chicken Tarkari " which we call " Aainsa Tarkari "
Odisha chicken curry is very different from rest chicken curry in the way we don't use too much oil nor use any kind of coconut products or coconut oil to prepare. Chicken curry is different in the sense we Odia people use masala and other ingredients which I am going to explain down.

 Ingredients Required :




In Odisha we prepare Chicken curry in two different style :
1) Chicken curry along with potato or 2) Simple Chicken Curry 

Now the one I am going to share is the 1st one. Let me share the ingredients along with other things needed to prepare the curry. This is for two person, hence I have taken 500gm fresh chicken.

  • 500 gm fresh chicken - Wash it properly so that unwanted things get removed
  • 3-4 Potatoes - Cut each potato into 4 pieces 
  • Green chilly - chop down the green chilly as per the above image
  • 2-3 Onions and chop down into small square pieces 
  • 3 Medium size tomatoes and chop down into small-small pieces so that while preparing the curry, it will get mixed up easily, saving time.
  • 2 pinch sugar
  • 2 spoon full of chicken powder/meat powder
  • 2 spoon full of turmeric powder 
  • 3 spoon full of salt
  • 1-2 spoon full of red chilli powder
  • 1 small ginger-garlic paste 
Step 1 : Preparing or we call it Chicken first stage operation. 





Here fresh washed chicken is well mixed with 2 spoon of mustard oil+ 2 spoon full of salt + 1-2 spoon full of turmeric powder. 

It is then kept for 1/2 hour so that everything get well mixed.

Step 2:  Second Stage Operation 



  • Switch on your gas/stove and put the curry pan and heat it.
  • Pour 3-4 spoon full of mustard oil and let it for heating 
  • Add 1/2  spoon ( or may be 2 pinch ) of sugar in the heating oil and stir it uniformly so that sugar get well mixed and you will see a reddish brown colour.
  • Add the chopped onions , green chillies and fry for some time. Add 1 spoon full of salt and fry till onion get golden brownish colour.
  • Add ginger-garlic paste and mixed it well with the fried onion. Fry for some 5 minutes till you get ginger-garlic fry smell
  • Once you see ginger-garlic has well mixed and fried with onion-chillies, add 2 spoon full of turmeric powder, 2 spoon full of red chilli powder, 2-3 spoon full of chicken masala( powder) if you don't have chicken powder, you can also use meat masala with same quantity.
  • Fry the above for 1-2 minute till everything get well mixed.
  • Now add chopped tomato pieces and mixed it well. Add 1 spoon of salt so that it gets quickly mixed. You have noticed I am adding little-little salt in every part. this helps in completing the curry in a uniform manner.





  • Once you get a complete paste ready with tomato, you can either add little water to increase the paste quantity.
  • Add chopped potatoes in the paste




    • Fry potato with the gravy till you see potato got soft and gravy has well mixed
    • Add the chicken ( which is left to mixed with oil, turmeric powder and salt )
    • As you can see in the above pic, chicken is then keep fried with the prepared gravy along with potato and it is continued till we see complete water has been drained out from chicken and you can see the masala, potato and chicken is seen mixed well.
    • Now you have two choice how you want to have this curry either you can prepare this without water and keep frying chicken with gravy till potato is cooked properly. Or second is mixed it with enough amount of water and prepare the one which I did.

    Why Potato is added ?

    Potato is added as per your taste as I told earlier and it is also added so that while cooking we can easily calculate if chicken is well cooked or not.



    After adding enough water as per your requirement, cover the pan with a plate and let it for 10-15 minutes for cooking.

    Once you find potato is fully cooked and it is soft, its sign that our chicken is ready. Add corriander leaves pieces. This gives extra aroma to your chicken curry.

    Now your chicken is ready and you can serve to your family members, friends and enjoy the taste.

    Don't forget to share your views down the comment. 



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    List Of Hotels In Odisha

    11:52:00 AM
    Hello Everyone !

     Welcome to Odisha. We have got a list of famous hotels in Odisha which you can use while visiting in Odisha.

     Before booking, do check out the rates, check-in and check-out provided in the right include of my blog.






    Hotels Name

    Hotel    ID

       City

    B10 International
    1655413
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Avion Inn
    1339989
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel By The Way
    1272702
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Deepali International
    1663633
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Eden Roc
    1312592 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Grand Central
    498119
    		 Bhubaneswar
    Hotel Hindusthan International, Bhubaneswar
    319409 
    		Bhubaneswar
    Hotel Kalinga Ashok
    1199707
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel La Franklin
    499894
    		 Bhubaneswar
    Hotel Miland Palace
    743186
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Nirmal Inn
    1304679
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Pal Heights.
    351929
    		 Bhubaneswar
    Hotel Priya
    571857 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Pushpak
    570533 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Rajdhani
    1451849 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Royal Heritage
    1455474 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Royale Midtown
    360847 
    		Bhubaneswar
    Hotel Seetal
    498127 
    		Bhubaneswar
    Hotel Sidharth
    570764 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    Hotel Swosti Bhubaneswar
    301408 
    		Bhubaneswar
    Hotel Swosti Premium Bhubaneswar
    301409
    		 Bhubaneswar
    Hotel The Sutrupti
    422783
    		 Bhubaneswar
    Hotel Urmee
    906368
    		 Bhubaneswar
    Leeflex Serviced Apartment
    1321564 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    Mango Hotel - Prangan
    1591514 
    		Urali
    Mayfair Convention
    286415
    		 Bhubaneswar
    Mayfair Lagoon
    282463
    		 Bhubaneswar
    Midway Inn
    1628364 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    OYO Premium Saheed Nagar
    1519677 
    		Bhubaneswar
    OYO Premium Satya Nagar
    1519675 
    		Bhubaneswar
    OYO Rooms Bhubaneswar Railway Station
    1519678
    		 Bhubaneswar
    OYO Rooms Infocity Bhubaneswar
    1663026
    		 Bhubaneswar
    OYO Rooms Kanan Vihar
    1662802
    		 Bhubaneswar
    OYO Rooms Khandagiri
    1662965
    		 Bhubaneswar
    OYO Rooms Nayapalli
    1519676
    		 Bhubaneswar
    OYO Rooms Near Sum Hospital
    1662958
    		 Bhubaneswar
    OYO Rooms Old Station Road
    1663181
    		 Bhubaneswar
    OYO Rooms Rajmahal Square
    1663071 
    		Bhubaneswar
    RS Corporate Guest House
    1011953
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    Sandy's Tower
    436958
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    STARiHOTELS Bhubaneswar
    1794553
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    STARiHOTELS Old Station Road Bhubaneswar
    1794551
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    Talabaniya Home
    1783421
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    The Crown
    393619
    		 Bhubaneshwar
    The Idol Paradise
    1544894 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    The New Marrion
    360204 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    The Presidency Classic
    1127039 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    Trident Bhubaneswar
    78799 
    		Bhubaneswar
    Venus Inn
    577833 
    		Bhubaneshwar
    VITS Hotel Bhubaneswar
    361012 
    		Bhubaneswar
    Ambica Residency
    1312715
    		 Cuttack
    Grand Residency
    1014332
    		 Cuttack
    Hotel Seetal
    498137
    		 Cuttack
    Pramod Convention & Club Resort
    715733
    		 Cuttack
    The Blue Lagoon Hotel Cuttack
    1229874
    		 Cuttack


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