The Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the ‘Odisha Parba 2024’ celebrations today at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,  New Delhi.

• Addressing the gathering on the occasion, he greeted all the brothers and sisters of Odisha who were present at the event.
• He remarked that this year marked the centenary of the death anniversary of Swabhav Kavi Gangadhar Meher and paid tributes to him.
• He also paid tributes to Bhakta Dasia Bhauri, Bhakta Salabega and the writer of Oriya Bhagavatha, Shri Jagannath Das on the occasion.
• Modi highlighted the contribution of Odisha in giving a new dimension to India’s maritime power.
• He noted that the Bali Jatra was concluded yesterday in Odisha, which was  organised in a grand manner on the banks of the Mahanadi in Cuttack on the day of Kartik Purnima.