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Odisha (English: / ə ˈ d ɪ s ə /; [19] Odia: ⓘ), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), [20] is a state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area, and the eleventh-largest by population, with over 41 million inhabitants. The state also has the third-largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India. [21]
Jhumair: Jhumair is a folk dance of North Odhia and Western Odisha. It is performed during harvest season and Festivals. Keisabadi: Only men can take part in this form of the Sambalpuri folk dance. Some of them holding a stick two feet in length. They dance in different forms by striking the sticks according to the rhythms of the song they sing.
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The scope of this WikiProject is to improve the articles related to the Indian state Odisha.Not only the articles on the topics like places, heritage, history, cuisine, culture, worldwide status of Odisha are included, but articles on reformers, activists, and key people are also included here.
Odisha has, therefore, a syncretic mixture of the three dharmic religions as attested by the fact that the Jagannath Temple in Puri is considered to be holy by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. Presently, the majority of people in the state of Odisha are Hindus. As per the census of 2001, Odisha is the third largest Hindu-populated state (as a ...
Odissi is traditionally a dance-drama genre of performance art, where the artist(s) and musicians play out a story, a spiritual message or devotional poem from the Hindu texts, using symbolic costumes, [12] body movement, abhinaya (expressions) and mudras (gestures and sign language) set out in ancient Sanskrit literature. [13]
Odia cinema, also known as Ollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Odia language widely spoken in the state of Odisha. Odia Cinema is based in Cuttack in Odisha, India. [2] [3] The name Ollywood is a portmanteau of the words Odia and Hollywood. [4]
The governor of Odisha is the head of the Indian state of Odisha. The governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at central level. They exist in the state appointed by the president of India and they are not local to the state that they are appointed to govern.