Utkalamrita_blogs

Sasimani Debi was the last living Mahari/Devdasi of Jagannath temple & “human consort” of Lord Jagannath.Sasimani came from a poor family. At age 12, she was inducted into Devadasi Seva after b...

Kuntala Kumari Sabat (1900–38) was an Odia woman poet who came into prominence from Odisha during India's freedom struggle. She was also a Gold Medallist physician, writer, poet, editor, leader of ...

Sarala Debi (19 Aug 1904 – 4 Oct 1986) was an Indian independence activist, feminist, social activist, politician & writer. She has many firsts to her credit- 1st Odia woman to join Non-coopera...

Bijaya Jena (@dollyjena ), from Cuttack, Odisha, is an Indian actor, film director & producer. She was the youngest of 3 children, in a family of aristocrats & academicians. After school, s...

Indian professional sprinter DUTEE CHAND was born to weaver couple Chakradhar Chand & Akhuji Chand of Chaka Gopalpur village, Jajpur district, Odisha on 3 Feb 1996. This humble weavers’ daughte...

Here is the goosebumps-inducing story of a poor, Adibasi Woman who braved all odds to educate herself & then herself educated over 20000 Adibasi children across 50 years. She is TULASI MUNDA- a...

Here is the story of “Iron Lady of Odisha”–the first woman Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha & 2nd woman to become CM in independent India. Born on June 9, 1931, NANDINI SATPATHY  grew up in Pithap...

We start with the brilliant story of the first Odia woman to take Odissi global- iconic Sanjukta Panigrahi. Born on 24 August 1944 in Berhampur, she was the 1st Indian woman to embrace Odissi at ag...

The Presiding Deities of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha have undergone ‘Nabakalebara’ after 19 years. Their old bodies have been buried and new ones sculpted this year. Read details here: N...