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Servitors today visited Gajapati Dibya Singh Deb

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Puri:21/6/17; Servitors today visited Gajapati Dibya Singh Deb with the news that fever of the lords has receded. Along with tokens of blessings from Lord Jagannath, the servitors carried dried sandalwood flakes from Lord Jagannath’s body along with the deity’s ‘patta’ clothes on a vast silver plate. The deities are getting ready for their trip during Rath Yatra on Sunday.

Receiving this news of recovery of the deities, the Gajapati conducted the ‘saribandha’ rituals for servitors in which special pieces of cloth are tied around the heads of servitors to show them respect for their dedication to the deities. During the meeting, the ‘datitapatis’ and chief servitors discussed the health of the lords and their treatment, with the GajapatiOn the occasion of ‘saribandha’ the new set of servitors of the younger generation are formally inducted into the respective services of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra with the formal rituals of the Gajapati tying the sacred cloth on their head.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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