Servitors show a pot of poda pitha to be offered to Lord Jagannath in Puri on Thursday. Picture by Sarat Patra It was a proud moment for Biswanath Mishra, who served Lord Jagannath Odisha's popular ...

Podo pitha gets its name from the technique of dry-roasting a paste or batter of rice flour wrapped in leaves in an open fire(Sweta Biswal) Aalo boula aa, poda pitha ...

The vibrant Odia Raja Parba festival honours Bhudevi, the earth goddess and celebrates divine femininity. During these few days, women enjoy a break from household duties while men prepare special ...

Bhubaneswar, June 12: Get ready to feast on pithas this Raja, as the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) hosts a special function to celebrate the festival. Country cakes, better known as ...

As the sacred Jagannath Puri Yatra fills hearts with devotion this June, The Orchid Hotel Mumbai invites Mumbaikars on a cultural and culinary journey straight to the heart of Odisha. Till June 16th, ...

Odisha celebrates 13 festivals in 12 months, with each festival marked by a special set of pithas that are offered to the deities. Most of the temples in the state have varieties of pitha offerings ...

The festival of Raja is incomplete without huge variety of delicious traditional Odia pithas (cake). However, lack of time and expertise in preparing traditional sweets has been luring Odias to throng ...