Olash

Sana Olash (Balisahi,Borikina) is a coastal village in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, India. It is a village having a population of about 500 people, and is located about 24  km from the district town of Jagatsinghpur on the Cuttack–Naharana road, about 15 km from the Bay of Bengal to the east. The village is known for paddy cultivation and agriculture. It supplies paddy to neighboring states.

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 on daily deeds of the Goddess on 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, Dalma - a unique each odia's favourite and delicious food that is made out of a mix of dal, some vegetables and ghee and pudding).

There are different types of peoples established here. Among from then villagers are farmers.All the near & dear are cordially allowed to cherish the feast as a group. There are different types of Soyang sahayak groups created by the village women by which they are living a free life and also work on some developmental works for the village. The river Alaka is situated beside the village which was, in ancient days, connected to Daya River and its water was salty. There were a lot of sea creatures as well as giant crocodiles. As a branch of Daya, whenever floods came the residual water used to flow through this river. But now after making a Bandh, it is a dead river. But still it is the life blood for the surroundings as irrigation depends upon it a lot. It 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 Dusehara, Raja, Kumar purnima, Dola, Manabasa, Panchuka, saraswati puja, ganesh puja, Akasatana, Janmastami and more. Between these festivals Ganesh Pooja is the most excited pooja of the village.

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.