• Bahaghara (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବାହାଘର, also called as Odia Hindu wedding) is a wedding ceremony performed by Odia Hindu people in the Indian state of Odisha. There...
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  • The Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ), formerly spelled Oriya, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the Indian state of Odisha who speak the Odia language. They constitute...
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    Cinema of Odisha (redirect from Odia Movie)
    The Odia cinema, colloquially known as Ollywood, is the Odia language Indian film industry, based in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack in Odisha, India. The name...
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  • of Odisha an identity of their own. List of folk dances of Odisha Odia Hindu wedding "Indiaspeak: English is our 2nd language". The Times of India. 14...
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    Bhadrak in Bhadrak-Chandbali route. Every year between January – February (In Odia Magha Masa from the date of Magha Purnima/Aghira purnima/Agni utshav Purnima)...
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    Legislative Assembly (1974). "Odisha Secretariat renamed Lok Seva Bhavan". The Hindu. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019. "Brief history" (PDF). odishaassembly...
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    food in accordance with Hindu scriptures. During the 19th century, many Odia cooks were employed in Bengal and they took many Odia dishes with them. Yoghurt...
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    Pana Sankranti (redirect from Odia New Year)
    people in Odisha, India. The festival occurs in the solar Odia calendar (the lunisolar Hindu calendar followed in Odisha) on the first day of the traditional...
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  • Festivals of Odisha (category Articles containing Odia-language text)
    partake in drinks like Thandai on this day. It also known as Dola Yatra (Odia: ଦୋଳ ଯାତ୍ରା, a five-day long Dola Purnima festival celebrated with pomp and...
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    the 2011 Census of India, 96.17% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 1.24% Munda, 0.91% Santali and 0.48% Juang as their first language. Dhenkanal...
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    around Puri, especially in the village of Raghurajpur. This old tradition of Odia painting still survives in places like Puri, Raghurajpur, Paralakhemundi...
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    the 2011 Census of India, 91.47% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 4.76% Bengali and 3.31% Urdu as their first language. The following is the...
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    Scheduled Tribes make up 14.17% and 6.10% of the population respectively. Odia is the predominant language, spoken by 99.09% of the population. Kui is spoken...
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    district spoke Odia, 4.66% Urdu, 1.24% Hindi, 0.86% Bengali and 0.78% Telugu as their first language. Odia is the language of the Odia people and is spoken...
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    the 2011 Census of India, 78.88% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 8.09% Ho, 3.77% Santali, 2.66% Hindi, 1.69% Mundari, 1.29% Juang and 0.93%...
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    their own language, customs and folk dances, although all understand & speak Odia. Some dances that are well-known include the Cherechera by the Bhottadas...
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    director of I Am Kalam. Sabyasachi Mohapatra, Odia film director and producer. Bhagirathi Nepak, Odia Eminent Writer Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Tarbha...
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  • Odia literature is literature written in the Odia language, mostly from the Indian state of Odisha. The modern Odia language is mostly formed from Tadbhava...
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    (Kuda, Koda, Mirdha) Munda (Munda Lohara, Munda Mahalis, Nagabanshi Munda, Odia Munda) Mundari Omanatya (Omanatyo, Amanatya) Oraon (Dhangar, Uran) Parenga...
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  • The Odia calendar (Odia: ପାଞ୍ଜି Pāñji) is a solar calendar used by the Odia people from the Odisha region of the Indian subcontinent. The calendar follows...
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    the 2011 Census of India, 53.15% of the population in the district spoke Odia and 45.65% Kui as their first language. A majority of the inhabitants belong...
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    the 2011 Census of India, 88.30% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 4.11% Santali, 3.39% Urdu, 1.30% Bengali and 0.67% Hindi as their first...
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    British replaced Odia with Hindi as the language of administration. Beginning in Sambalpur and spreading throughout the state, the Odia language agitation...
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    the 2011 Census of India, 92.13% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 1.98% Urdu, 1.69% Telugu, 1.55% Hindi, 1.38% Bengali and 0.43% Santali as...
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    Political parties High Court Police Topics Arts Cinema Cuisine Culture Odia Hindu wedding Economy Education Elections Festivals Flora and fauna Geography Highest...
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    Raja (festival) (category Articles containing Odia-language text)
    Raja Parba (Odia: ରଜ ପର୍ବ, pronounced [ɾɔdʒɔ pɔɾbɔ]), also known as Mithuna Sankranti, is a three-day-long festival of womanhood celebrated in Odisha,...
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    the 2011 Census of India, 89.94% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 3.31% Mundari, 2.6% Kisan, 1.83% Sadri and 0.91% Ho as their first language...
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    Retrieved 25 May 2015. "Over a million youth unemployed in Odisha". The Hindu. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2015. "Odisha Economic Survey, 2014 -15"...
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    the 2011 Census of India, 90.27% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 4.79% Urdu and 2.09% Ho as their first language. The district is divided...
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    speak their Kisan dialect and Kharia speak their Kharia. Sadri and local Odia dialect is also quite popular among tribal communities. Jharsuguda district...
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