Man Mohila Mandei Festival - 2024 Inauguration Ceremony at Dhandara Huge Crowd

Nabarangpur, Dhandra, Her :-20,11,2024 ANCHOR: Nabarangpur district art, culture, heritage, tradition festival "Mandei" has been inaugurated at the block level! The auspicious work of district level market has been completed in Dhandara village panchayat under Nandahandi block of Nabarangpur district by worshiping Deka Devi with local traditional dance. In a gathering of about 4 thousand people, mother and sisters carried torches from the temple of East Devi Dungar Dei in Dhandara village to the Jhadeshwar Shiva Temple on the hills and carried sand in the torch procession to Nabarangpur. From Indravati through the main road, Narsingh reached the field between Guda and Dhandara! About 18 cultural groups took part in this procession and took the torch! The chief guests of the day in the procession were Hon'ble Minister of School and Public Education Department and Social Security and Empowerment of Disabled Nityanand Gond, Nabarangpur MLA Gauri Shankar Majhi, Jharigaon MLA Narsingh Bhatra, Dabugo MLA Manohar Ranhari, District Collector Dr Shudhangkar Mohapatra, Additional District Collectors Maheshwar Chandra Naik and Naveen Chandra Naik, CDO District Councilor Biranchi Narayan Darwan, District Deputy Commissioner Prakash Mishra, District Councilors , Panchayat Committee Chairman, Vice Chairman, Dhandara Panchayat Sarpanch, Committee Members, Nandahandi, Tenthalikhunti, Nabarangpur BDO, Block Staff, Members of various Committees of Mandei, artists from many villages. The audience joined in the procession! After the installation of the holy torch in the assembly stage held at Dhandara, the assembly started after worshiping the Goddess! Nabarangpur MLA Gauri Shankar Majhi, Jhari Village MLA Narsingh Bhatra, Dabu Village MLA Manohar Randhari as distinguished guests in the meeting presided over by district administration officials, district Council members, municipal chairman, block chairman, Sarpanch, association members were present! The poster and logo of Mandei 2024 were unveiled by the guests! The guests were welcomed with garlands and flower bouquets! In their speeches, the guests called on everyone to work together to save the art, culture, tradition, and development of the district! In the meeting, the competition between 30 cultural teams was started and prizes were awarded! In the evening, there is a possibility of a huge crowd to join the program of the famous artist Ruku Suna! Video Nandahandi Kshirod Sahu, Video Telintkhunti Manoj Manigarahi and Video Nabarangpur Sunil Khura were responsible for the organization and management of this Mandei festival-2024! DIPR and Manoj Behera and District Culture Officer Ghasiya Harijan contributed to the celebrations!

 Ranjit Naik's report from Nabarangpur First News Odisha !