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| VISHWAKARMA
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| Celebration : Industrial Towns of Orissa |
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| Falls on : The Kanya Sankranti Day (September) |
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Places of observance : Hirakud and Rourkela |
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| Vishwakarma is
known as the divine engineer since the Puranic age. As a mark of reverence He is still
worshipped specially by the engineering community. The festival is observed on the
"Kanya Sankranti Day", which follows the "Ganesh Puja", in every
industrial towns of Orissa. Towns like Hirakud and Rourkela present the grandest ceremony
on the occasion depicting different fire works connected with modern technology. |
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