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Watch: Miniature boats with candles light up lakes as people celebrate boat festival in Odisha

Honouring the state’s maritime past.

Scroll Staff
Nov 08, 2022 · 11:16 am
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With lunar eclipse falls on the eve of #KartikaPurnima, which people believe turns the auspicious occasion into a bad omen, float miniature boats a day ahead #BoatFestival at Bindusagar Lake in Bhubaneswar#BoitaBandana@XpressOdisha @NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/gIVtZbKS7g

— Debadatta Mallick (@ddmallick) November 7, 2022

#WATCH | Bhubaneswar, Odisha: People set afloat miniature boats to mark Boita Bandana (boat festival). The festival is a commemoration of the maritime glory of Odisha and is observed every year on #KartikPurnima; Visuals from early this morning pic.twitter.com/icuDmqHnXX

— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2022

#କାର୍ତ୍ତିକ_ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣିମା

କାର୍ତ୍ତିକ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣିମାରେ ସଅଳ ସରିଲା ନୀତିକାନ୍ତି । ଜଳାଶୟରେ ସମ୍ପର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହେଲା ଡଙ୍ଗା ଭସା ।ସମସ୍ତେ ମନେ ପକାଇଲେ ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ନୌବାଣିଜ୍ୟ ପରମ୍ପରା । ଆକାମାବୈରେ କମ୍ପିଲା ପରିବେଶ ।#Karkitapurnima pic.twitter.com/1ELs7linHX

— News18 Odia (@News18Odia) November 8, 2022

#InPics | People celebrate Boita Bandana by floating miniature boats to commemorate maritime glory of #Odisha on the occasion of #KartikPurnima

(Pic: Rakesh Roul) pic.twitter.com/y21sQmjnIl

— OTV (@otvnews) November 8, 2022
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