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Art & Culture

Odia traditions, calendar and seasons, handloom sarees like Sambalpuri and Bomkai, devotional prayers, and the cultural heritage of Odisha.

Odia culture is woven through its language, its handlooms and its calendar. The state is known for its ikat and silk weaves, including Sambalpuri, Bomkai, Khandua and Kotpad, and for crafts such as Pattachitra painting and silver filigree. The Odia calendar divides the year into 12 months and six seasons (rutus) that still set the dates of most festivals.

This category also covers Utkal Divas, celebrated on 1 April to mark the formation of the state, the life of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das, and devotional texts such as the Hanuman Chalisa in Odia.