The New Indian Express, Jan 17, 2008
BHAWANIPATNA: The rich history of Indravati has been showcased at the 12th Kalahandi Utsav – Ghumurah 2008.
It was inaugurated by Kalahandi MP Bikram Keshari Deo here. One of the major attractions of the programme was Great Kalas Sovajatra which started from Maa Bhandar Gharini temple.
More than 10,000 devotees with more than 20 cultural teams participated in the procession with traditional musical instruments like ghumura, madal and mahuri.
On the eve of the festival, science, art and handloom exhibitions were organised by different schools of the district. Utsav committee chairman and sub-collector Jagannath Mohanty presided over the inaugural function.
Among others, Kalahandi Collector Pramod Chandra Pattnaik spoke on the occasion. Different competitions like quiz, debate, cycle race and pot breaking were organised by mahotsav committee.
More than 1,000 persons participated in different competitions in block level. Prizes were given away in the final round of the quiz competition the topic of which was ‘Know the Kalahandi. The prizes were sponsored by this website's newspaper, Sambalpur edition.
More than 50,000 people from the State and neighbouring Chhattisgarh have thronged the site to witness the festival. In the evening, different cultural programmes were performed by different cultural troupes. The utsav will continue another two days.
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