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Oddisha

Odisha has a diverse culture influenced by Aryan, Dravidian, and indigenous cultures. The state has a rich musical heritage seen in ancient temple art. Odissi music is a classical style that blends elements from North and South Indian traditions. Odisha is known for traditional saris like Kataki and Sambalpuri styles. The region has a tropical climate and produces crops like rice, pulses, oilseeds and spices. Popular Odishan cuisine includes dishes like Pakhala Bhata, Gupchup, Chhena Poda and Rasabali sweets. Odisha's forests and wildlife sanctuaries are home to diverse flora and fauna including turtles, dol

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Oddisha

Odisha has a diverse culture influenced by Aryan, Dravidian, and indigenous cultures. The state has a rich musical heritage seen in ancient temple art. Odissi music is a classical style that blends elements from North and South Indian traditions. Odisha is known for traditional saris like Kataki and Sambalpuri styles. The region has a tropical climate and produces crops like rice, pulses, oilseeds and spices. Popular Odishan cuisine includes dishes like Pakhala Bhata, Gupchup, Chhena Poda and Rasabali sweets. Odisha's forests and wildlife sanctuaries are home to diverse flora and fauna including turtles, dol

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Mile sur mere tumhara

Culture
• Odisha is a confluence of the Aryan, Dravidian
and Adivasi cultures. Most festivals in the state
bring out some part of these cultures and celebrate
their religion by way of festivals which span out
the entire year. There are festivals that are
common, but the celebration remains unique to a
region.
Customs
• Odisha has a glorious tradition of music. The figures or
dancers and musicians carved on ancient temple walls, speak
of Odisha's rich musical heritage. Odissi Music is a classical
form consisting of all the necessary ingredients common to
Hindustani and Karnatic Music. Odissi sangita is a synthesis
of four classes of music, i.e. dhruvapada, chitrapada,
chitrakala and panchal, described in two treatises namely,
Sangita Sarani and Sangita Narayana written in the early 19th
century. It owes much to Jayadev, the saint-poet, the great
composer and illustrious master of classical music.
dress
Dress
• Odisha is famous for Kataki Sari and
Sambalpuri Sari. ... Some tribal people also
living in some areas in Odisha, they have some
variety of dresses to wear. Hence most of the
women in Odisha interest to beautify
themselves by wearing valuable jewelry, fancy
ornaments, and much other decorative
jewellery.
Agriculture
• The major crops are rice, pulses, oil seeds,
jute, coconut and turmeric. The crops like tea,
cotton, groundnut and rubber are of great
economic importance in other parts. Odisha
contributes one tenth of the total rice produced
in the country. ... Apart from food grains
various cash crops are also cultivated in the
state.
Cuisine
The Famous Diet of Orrisha are
•Pakhala Bhata. A lunch staple for almost every household in the
state of Odisha, Pakhala Bhata offers a delectable respite from the
summer heat. ...
•Gupchup. ...
•Chhena Poda. ...
•Pilaf. ...
•Santula. ...
•Rasabali. ...
•Pitha. ...
•Chaula Bara.
Flora and fauna
• Some of the trees which grow in abundance in
Odisha are bamboo, teak, rosewood, sal, piasal,
sanghvan and haldi. There are 479 species of birds,
86 species of mammals, 19 species of amphibians
and 110 species of reptiles present in Odisha. The
state is also an important habitat for the
endangered olive ridley turtles and 
Irrawaddy dolphins. 
Wildlife
• The south-eastern state of Odisha is home to a variety of flora and
fauna. The host of wildlife sanctuaries in Odisha is evidence to it.
It also has many distinctly unique features; it is the only turtle
sanctuary of the state as well as the only lagoon housing a bird
sanctuary. The wildlife sanctuaries in Odisha are not only unique
but also every nature lover's delight. Marvel at the crocodiles
basking in the sun at the Bhitarkanika mangroves and look out for
the smallest sea turtles at the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary. Spot
numerous migratory birds and dolphins in the blue waters of
Chilika Lake at the Chilika Wildlife Sanctuary or spot a herd of
elephants slowly crossing a rivulet at the Simlipal National
Park—you will be filled with a sense of wonder.
Climate
• The state has tropical climate, characterized by
high temperature, high humidity, medium to
high rainfall and short and mild winters. As
per Koppen's climatic classifications most part
of Odisha comes under the AW having a
tropical Savannah type of climate. ... The
normal rainfall of the state is 1451.2 mm.
Topography

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