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History of South Asia. The history of Odisha begins in the Lower Paleolithic era, as Acheulian tools dating to the period have been discovered in various places in the region. [1] The early history of Odisha can be traced back to writings found in ancient texts like the Mahabharata, Maha Govinda Sutta and some Puranas.
The last rites are usually completed within a day of death. While practices vary among sects, generally, his or her body is washed, wrapped in white cloth, if the dead is a man or a widow, or red cloth, if it is a woman whose husband is still alive, [ 7 ] the big toes are tied together with a string and a Tilak (red, yellow or white mark) is ...
Odisha (English: / ə ˈ d ɪ s ə /, [17] Odia: ⓘ), formerly Orissa (/ ɒ ˈ r ɪ s ə, ɔː-, oʊ-/, [18] the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area , and the eleventh-largest by population , with over 41 million inhabitants.
A death certificate is either a legal document issued by a medical practitioner which states when a person died, or a document issued by a government civil registration office, that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths. An official death certificate is usually required to be ...
Sujata R. Karthikeyan. Kartikeyan Pandian (also known as V Karthikeyan Pandian, born 29 May 1974), is a former member of the Biju Janata Dal from the state of Odisha and a former IAS officer. He held the post of Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiatives) with the rank of a Cabinet Minister during Fifth Naveen Patnaik ministry.
The Government of Odisha in India has come up with various programs called schemes ( yojana) from time to time for the people of the State. This is a list of some of the major ones. State implementations of national schemes (e.g. National Nutrition Mission ( Ministry of Women and Child Development ); The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 ...
Title. Independent Director, Mindtree (Retired on 16-July-2019) Board member of. Bagchi is a Member of the Governing Council of the Software Technology Parks of India. Spouse. Susmita Bagchi – Odia Author. Website. Subroto Bagchi Blogs. Subroto Bagchi (born 31 May 1959) is the co-founder of Mindtree, an Indian technology MNC.
In the eastern state of Odisha Devadasis were known colloquially as Maharis of the Jagannath temple complex. The term Devadasi referred to the women who danced inside the temple. Devadasi, or mahari, means "those great women who can control natural human impulses, their five senses and can submit themselves completely to God (Vachaspati)".