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Jaya Jagannath,
Bangalore, the green house of South India platforms to more than a
thousand corporate bodies and a head count of up to 1.5 crores from
all religions, races, casts and communities. We Odias signature to
this statistics with a mere population of 5 lakhs comprising of
around 70 thousand corporate professionals, rest being a mix of
plumbers, construction related workers, chunks of students,
housewives, cooks, security guards and other day labors. Our
community also possesses few trusts and Associations all aimed at
binding the hearts and souls together under a common umbrella and
promote the richy rich cultural heritage of Orissa. We Odias have
excelled in many fields on the lands of Karnataka and thus have
cultivated a bilateral covalence bonding and brotherhood with our
Kannadiga brothers and sisters. Among us are couple of renowned and
eminent personalities like Sri Sandeep Dash ( Commissioner, BBMP ),
Extraordinaire Citizen Award winner Sri. Upendra Tripathy ( Ex.
Chairman, BMTC ), Sri. Sushant Mohapatra ( IPS, Add DG, Karnataka
Police ), Sri. N R Mohanty ( Ex, Chairman, HAL ), Income Tax
Commissioner, MDs, CEOs, Chairmen, Medical Specialists, Surgeons,
and many other top brasses from both public and private sectors.
On this small Ireland of Odias, there come up a sky scrapping state
of the art sand stone crafted hundred plus feet tall Sri Jagannath
temple. The Temple is architected by Padma bibhusana Sri. Raghunath
Mohapatra, who is designing the temple aiming to make it as an exact
replica of World tourism heritage hub Sri Jagannath dham, Puri.
Last Year with contributions from all corners of society and lots of
good wishes, Lord Jagannath could be gifted with a marvelous chariot
for Rath Yatra by all his ever beloved devotees and thus a long
standing dream came true for crores of devotees of the supreme lord
Sri Jagannath swami across the world who wished to have Rath Yatra
celebrated in full scale at Bangalore. With breathless efforts of
the temple trustees, Office bearers and Sevayats, Rath Yatra could
be celebrated at Sri Jagannath Temple at a mega grand scale that
witnessed presence of more than 20 thousand devotees from all the
nukes and corners of the society adding a new dimension to the
identity of Odia hemisphere at Bangalore, A prestigious definition
of respect to our co existence on the soils of holy Karnataka, a
memory for life time for Hindu civilization here and thus a new wing
of richness to our culture and most importantly a cute smile to the
faces of our ever beloved deities. Thus At last Bangalore too joined
the club of thousands of cities in the world that being outside
Odisha witnessed, a festival that binds together hearts and souls of
all devotees across the world with the threads of love and universal
brotherhood. We had the most spectacular event of the year, the
shining day of the calendar, the day that counted to a synchronous
gathering of more than 20 thousand devotees of lord Sri Jagannath
swami at Bangalore for a common divine and spiritual cause. This
year also for holy Rath Yatra all arrangements are over and all
preplanning and strategy are in place.
We are proud to be Odias. From the land of Jagatara natha Lord
Jagannatha. We are addicted to the nutrients of vitamin "J",
experienced with the "J" factor of life, Merged with the lotus feet
of Lord Jagannath. Thus we flavor our lives with a real taste of
life. Jaya Jagannath..
Regards
Team Nilachakra
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