Welcome to the OSUAE OSUAE! - the community portal for odia in UAE http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:29:32 +0000 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb AEKLAVYA: Utkal Divas 2018 http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60:utkal-divas-2018&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60:utkal-divas-2018&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Odisha Samaja, UAE, Celebrates Utkal Divas 2018 on 13th April, 2018. Lets join and rejoice the evening with our fellow Odias.

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admin@osuae.org (Bhabani Swamy) frontpage Sat, 31 Mar 2018 18:30:00 +0000
Chillika Lake http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47:chillikalake&catid=38:touristplaces&Itemid=68 http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47:chillikalake&catid=38:touristplaces&Itemid=68  

Queen of natural beauty, Chilika, the largest brackish water lake in Asia covering an area of over 1,100 sq. km is a great attraction for the tourists for fishing, bird watching and boating. In winter Chilika aflutters with thousands of indigenous and migratory birds of many varieties from far and near - even from the distant Siberia. The fabulous beauty of Chilika which has inspired poets to sing its glory and which can be best enjoyed from Balugaon, Barkul, Rambha and Satpada must be seen to be believed. One can also have a glimpse of the lake from the moving trains and vehicles on the road near these places. The atmosphere is just serene and undisturbed amidst the blue expanse of water on one side and an evergreen range of hills on the other. Dotted with a host of islands with romantic names, a cruise in Chilika will be a life-long memory.

Kalijai Island

Places of tourist interest in Chilika : Kalijai Island, Honeymoon Island, Breakfast Island, Birds Island, Nalabana (Island of Reeds), Parikud Island, etc. are some of the important and interesting spots inside the lake.

The Island of Kalijai is famous as a center of religious worship due to the temple of Goddess Kalijai where a big fair is held on the occasion of Makara Sankranti that falls in January every year. The Island of Nalabana, 8 km in circumference occupies a unique place in the vast expanse of Chilika Lake as it happens to be the central point for the migratory birds. One can view the dolphins at Chilika mouth near Satpara.


 

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satyabrat@mayfairtechnology.com (Osuae Administrator) frontpage Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:49:51 +0000
Incredible India http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:orissa-the-essence-of-incredible-india&catid=34:music&Itemid=81 http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:orissa-the-essence-of-incredible-india&catid=34:music&Itemid=81

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admin@osuae.org (Bhabani Swamy) frontpage Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:11:03 +0000
Welcome to OSUAE Website http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1:welcome-to-osuae&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1:welcome-to-osuae&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 Odia Society
OSUAE formally known as Odisha Samaj of the United Arab Emirates is a community portal for all oriya people who can communicate and exchange views among each other. The primary vision is to ourselves binded with the cultural heritage and traditions and building a community for welfare of the oriya people staying at UAE.


The Odisha Samaj of the UAE (OSUAE) is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the promotion and propagation of Oriya culture in United Arab Emirates by bringing together all the people interested in Orissa through socio-cultural events, and developmental activities.

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satyabrat@mayfairtechnology.com (Osuae Administrator) frontpage Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:00:00 +0000
OSUAE Community Portal http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45:osuae-community-portal&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=27 http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45:osuae-community-portal&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=27

This website aims to be the information hub for Oriyas within UAE to stay in touch with other. And this site also aims to provide the latest links and information to various websites with Oriya news, music and other interesting contents.

This website also aims to provide information to people back in Orissa who want to come to UAE and want some first hand information.

THE WEB SITE CONTENTS


As we wanted to start off with a web site first, we put whatever we thought may be of interest to this community. However we would want your valuable suggestion so that we can keep the contents that is of of interest to the visitors of this website.

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satyabrat@mayfairtechnology.com (Osuae Administrator) frontpage Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:54:06 +0000
Rath Yatra 2012 http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:rath-yatra-2012&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:rath-yatra-2012&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

OSUAE observes Ratha Yatra on 22nd June 2012, 10 AM onwards. All odias residing in UAE are invited on the occasion to seek blessings of Lord Jagannath.

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admin@osuae.org (Bhabani Swamy) frontpage Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:27:13 +0000
About Orissa http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5:joomla-license-guidelines&catid=25:the-project&Itemid=2 http://www.osuae.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5:joomla-license-guidelines&catid=25:the-project&Itemid=2 The word Oriya is an anglicised version of Odia which itself is a modern name for the Odra or Udra tribes that inhabited the central belt of modern Orissa. Orissa has also been the home of the Kalinga and Utkal tribes that played a particularly prominent role in the region's history, and one of the earliest references to the ancient Kalingas appears in the writings of Vedic chroniclers. In the 6th C. BC, Vedic Sutrakara Baudhayana mentions Kalinga as being beyond the Vedic fold, indicating that Brahminical influences had not yet touched the land. Unlike some other parts of India, tribal customs and traditions played a significant role in shaping political structures and cultural practices right up to the 15th C. when Brahminical influences triumphed over competing traditions and caste differentiation began to inhibit social mobility and erode what had survived of the ancient republican tradition.

KALINGA

Very early in Kalingan history, the Kalingas acquired a reputation for being a fiercely independant people. Ashoka's military campaign against Kalinga was one of the bloodiest in Mauryan history on account of the fearless and heroic resistance offered by the Kalingas to the mighty armies of the expanding Mauryan empire. Perhaps on account of their unexpected bravery, emperor Ashoka was compelled to issue two edicts specifically calling for a just and benign administration in Kalinga.

Unsurprisingly, Mauryan rule over Kalinga did not last long. By the 1st C. BC, Kalinga's Jain identified ruler Kharavela had become the pre-eminent monarch of much of the sub-continent and Mauryan Magadha had become a province of the Kalingan empire. The earliest surviving monuments of Orissa (in Udaigiri near Bhubaneshwar) date from his reign, and surviving inscriptions mention that Prince Kharavela was trained not only in the military arts, but also in literature, mathematics, and the social sciences. He was also reputed to be a great patron of the arts and was credited with encouraging dance

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Although the bravery of the Kalingas became legendary, and finds mention in the Sahitya Darpan, it is important to note that a hereditary warrior caste like the Kshatriyas did not take hold in the region. Soldiers were drawn from the peasantry as needed and rank in the military depended as much on fighting skills and bravery as on hereditary factors. In this (and other) respects, Oriya history resembles more the history of the nations of South East Asia, and may have been one of the features of Oriya society that allowed it to successfully fend off 300 years of raids initiated by numerous Islamic rulers untill the 16th century.

 

 

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satyabrat@mayfairtechnology.com (Osuae Administrator) frontpage Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:11:07 +0000