Thursday, July 3, 2008

Rath Yatra goes hi-tech, available live on web

The Pioneer, 3rd July, 2008

On Friday, the Rath Yatra at Puri will be available live on the web, thanks to the initiative of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) Orissa.
Chief of NIC Orissa SK Panda is taking the initiative to make the effort a success.
A technical team of NIC is busy setting up the web cast facility in Bhubaneswar, which will ensure availability of the Rath Yatra live.
The team, headed by Technical Director RN Behera, has given the final touch for the web cast facility. The team includes KC Pattnaik, Sambit Panda and PK Mishra.
Doordarshan and NIC have joined hands to cover the Rath Yatra proceedings on Friday morning. Live web cast will be available in the web address: www.ori.nic.in, www.jagannath.nic.in, www.rathjatra.nic.in, www.Orissa.gov.in. www.tathya.in will also have the link of the web cast for the live show of the annual sojourn of Lord Jagannath.
The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration has extended the support, and live feed will be collected from Doordarshan. With the new facilities at Bhubaneswar in place than NIC Orissa will be able to web cast other important programs like Shrikshetra Utsav, Konark Dance Festival and other programmes of importance.

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