Olash: Difference between revisions
fix link |
m Dating maintenance tags: {{Cn}} |
||
| (13 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Village in Odisha, India}} |
|||
{{unreferenced|date=June 2010}} |
|||
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} |
|||
| ⚫ | ''' |
||
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}} |
|||
{{refimprove|date=September 2016}} |
|||
[[File:LOTUS Club Member.jpg|thumb|Lotus Club]] |
|||
| ⚫ | '''Olash''' is a coastal village in [[Jagatsinghpur district]] of [[Odisha, India]]. It is a village having a population of about 1000 people, and is located about 30 km from the district town of [[Jagatsinghpur]] on the [[Cuttack]]–Naharana road, about 5 km from the [[Bay of Bengal]] to the east. The village is known for [[Paddy (unmilled rice)|paddy]] and Chilly cultivation. |
||
This village comes under "Apandara" Panchayat which falls under "Balikuda-Erasama" constituencies of Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India. There are 140+ families in this village. The shape as in map looks like a square. It has two entrances and both are open to east of the village. It consists 5 divisions i.e. Danda Sahi, Tala Sahi, Gaon upara, Matha Sahi and Chhaka Upara, In the heart of the village "Lotus Club" and Olash primary school are situated. |
|||
| ⚫ | Maa Budhi Sahadei is the worshiped Goddess of the village. She is the living goddess for the villagers and they offer [[prasad]] by one family daily on a rotation basis and chronologically. A priest is appointed for the worship |
||
To the west of the village there is a river called "Mugura Nali" which was, 50 years ago, connected to [[Daya River|Devi River]] and its water was salty. There were a lot of sea creatures including as giant species of crocodiles. As a branch of Devi, whenever floods used to come the residual water used to flow through this river. But after construction of a Bandh, it was a dead river. Now one "Anikat" is going to be constructed for flood management and providing consistent water flow in the river. It is the life blood for the surroundings as irrigation depends upon it a lot. The scenic view of sunset on its silver water is wonderful and has enough magical power to feel anyone romantic. The charisma of the cool breeze from Devi River heals all the emptiness. |
|||
| ⚫ | "Maa Budhi Sahadei" is the worshiped Goddess of the village. She is the living goddess for the villagers and they offer [[prasad]] by one family daily on a rotation basis and chronologically. A priest is appointed for the worship of daily deeds of the Goddess for a remuneration by the villagers. Non-veg is allowed here and also in each full moon day, the Goddess is being offered Prasad (flatted rice, Pudding and Dalma - a unique each odia's favourite and delicious food that is made out of a mix of dal, some vegetables and ghee). Once in each year, for the occasion of Marjana (Holiness) of the Goddess, the villagers contribute for a festival in the temple premise. |
||
Mr. Swain is the President of the Balisahi Ganesh Pooja Committee. It is a small village having 60 families but its nature is so beautiful. It is a beautiful village of Borikina panchayats of Balikuda Block. There are different types of meetings for different types of developmental works held by the villagers on selected evenings. |
|||
Most of the villagers are farmers. There are different types of Self-Help-Groups created by the village women by which they are living in a good economic standard and also they are working on some developmental works for the village. This village is well connected to roads and the good communication facility to all across the Market has made the business of produced agricultural products more feasible to earn a handsome return for the farmers. |
|||
The villagers also celebrate a lot of festivals including Dussehra, Raja, Kumar purnima, Dola, Manabasa, Panchuka, Saraswati Puja, Ganesh Puja, Akasatana, Janmastami, Agni Ustav and many more.{{cn|date=June 2024}} |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
| Line 12: | Line 20: | ||
{{Jagatsinghpur district}} |
{{Jagatsinghpur district}} |
||
{{coord|20.052454|86.323056|display=title}} |
|||
{{coord missing|Odisha}} |
|||
[[Category:Villages in Jagatsinghpur district]] |
[[Category:Villages in Jagatsinghpur district]] |
||
Latest revision as of 08:07, 4 June 2024
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2016) |
Olash is a coastal village in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. It is a village having a population of about 1000 people, and is located about 30 km from the district town of Jagatsinghpur on the Cuttack–Naharana road, about 5 km from the Bay of Bengal to the east. The village is known for paddy and Chilly cultivation.
This village comes under "Apandara" Panchayat which falls under "Balikuda-Erasama" constituencies of Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India. There are 140+ families in this village. The shape as in map looks like a square. It has two entrances and both are open to east of the village. It consists 5 divisions i.e. Danda Sahi, Tala Sahi, Gaon upara, Matha Sahi and Chhaka Upara, In the heart of the village "Lotus Club" and Olash primary school are situated.
To the west of the village there is a river called "Mugura Nali" which was, 50 years ago, connected to Devi River and its water was salty. There were a lot of sea creatures including as giant species of crocodiles. As a branch of Devi, whenever floods used to come the residual water used to flow through this river. But after construction of a Bandh, it was a dead river. Now one "Anikat" is going to be constructed for flood management and providing consistent water flow in the river. It is the life blood for the surroundings as irrigation depends upon it a lot. The scenic view of sunset on its silver water is wonderful and has enough magical power to feel anyone romantic. The charisma of the cool breeze from Devi River heals all the emptiness.
"Maa Budhi Sahadei" is the worshiped Goddess of the village. She is the living goddess for the villagers and they offer prasad by one family daily on a rotation basis and chronologically. A priest is appointed for the worship of daily deeds of the Goddess for a remuneration by the villagers. Non-veg is allowed here and also in each full moon day, the Goddess is being offered Prasad (flatted rice, Pudding and Dalma - a unique each odia's favourite and delicious food that is made out of a mix of dal, some vegetables and ghee). Once in each year, for the occasion of Marjana (Holiness) of the Goddess, the villagers contribute for a festival in the temple premise.
Most of the villagers are farmers. There are different types of Self-Help-Groups created by the village women by which they are living in a good economic standard and also they are working on some developmental works for the village. This village is well connected to roads and the good communication facility to all across the Market has made the business of produced agricultural products more feasible to earn a handsome return for the farmers.
The villagers also celebrate a lot of festivals including Dussehra, Raja, Kumar purnima, Dola, Manabasa, Panchuka, Saraswati Puja, Ganesh Puja, Akasatana, Janmastami, Agni Ustav and many more.[citation needed]