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Nepal king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev came on a six-day Odisha visit

Bhubaneswar: 7/2/18; Nepal king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev arrived here today on a six-day Odisha visit to attend various religious programmes. The King was given a rousing welcome after arriving at the Bhubaneswar Airport this morning.

The king is scheduled to inaugurate the ‘Mission Wow Cow Goshala’ at Rathipur near Jatani today. Later, the king will attend a public reception. He will visit the Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar and Sakshigopal temple tomorrow.

He will visit Puri on February 9 and 10 to attend a programme commemorating the silver jubilee of ‘Pattabhisheka’ of Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati.

Then, he will visit the Shree Jagannath Temple on the following day and will perform ‘aarati’ for Lord Jagannath atop the ‘Ratna Singhasan’ (Podium).

Sources said that the King will be allowed to touch the idols of the Holy Trinity during his visit to the temple.

The Nepal King has the special privilege of performing Aarati of Lord Jagannath atop the Ratna Singhasan (Golden Throne) of the Srimandir.

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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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