BHUBANESWAR, April 2 -- The land celebrates diversities in true sense. The land boasts a rich cultural heritage and calendars more festivals than months in a year. That's the glorious Odisha!With constant transformation from an ancient province of the Mauryan Empire to the modern Odisha, the land has never lost its essence of socio-cultural magnificence.
Earlier a province of Bihar, Odisha was separated into an independent State on April 1, 1936. To celebrate the united spirits of Odias, this day has been celebrated as Odisha Foundation Day or Utkala Divas ever since. But how well do we know the history of this land?Here are some lesser known facts about Odisha: It was initially named 'Utkal' as, justifying the Sanskrit term, it was a land...