Berhampur: Organisers of Danda Nata in silk city are in a quandary after police warned them to follow the guidelines of the Supreme Court, which has prohibited the use of loudspeakers after 10 pm, and ...

It's Danda Nata time and Ganjam district has come to a standstill. These dancers called Danduas move around villages in groups of 21 to over 1,000 and dance in front of houses of persons who invite ...

Due to the lunar eclipse, the ongoing ‘Danda Nata 2015’ festival, a popular folk dance of Ganjam district in Odisha, came to a halt yesterday as the devotees failed to worship the Lord Danduas, ...

BERHAMPUR: The 21-day Meru Yatra popularly known as ‘Danda Nata’ (the festival of penance) concluded on Maha Bishuba Sankranti on Tuesday. Thousands of devotees gathered outside Danda Kali temples at ...

The famous Danda Yatra of Ganjam is considered to be the most ancient and traditional form of worship. Galleri and Baibelli villages of Ghumsar in Ganjam district are said to have been the original ...

‘Danda Nata’, the ritualistic traditional festival of penance of south Odisha, is being used to create awareness about sexual harassment of children and child marriage in Kandhamal district. Like past ...

At least 34 Danduas, main actors of popular seasonal folk dance Danda Nata, have been arrested from several villages in Odishas Ganjam district for allegedly trying to perform by violating the ...

The election carnival in Odisha’s Berhampur has coincided with two big festivals — the 32-day-long biennial Thakurani Jatra and 21-day-long Danda Nata festival — adding to the excitement of the ...

Berhampur: Thousands of people in Ganjam district will skip voting on April 10 as the they will be away from their villages to participate in the seasonal folk dance festival 'Danda Nata'. The D-day ...

Berhampur (Odisha), Apr 9 (PTI) The 21-day seasonal folk dance festival ‘Danda Nata’ is underway in the villages and towns of Ganjam district. Trending Now The festival, which marks the worship of ...

Berhampur: Sounds of drums, cymbals and conch shells reverberated in the air from Sunday in Ganjam as people celebrated Danda Nata, a seasonal folk dance festival. The festival is celebrated in the ...

Berhampur: The Ganjam district administration has taken an initiative to include two ancient and popular folk dances of the district — Danda Nata and Prahallad Natak — in the Intangible Cultural ...