Barpali Days

Barpali Days This page has been developed by the writer E.Kiran Mohan of Barpali. His works could be checked at : Few of his writings carry a sense of humor as well.

Barpali is a small town located in the Bargarh district of western Odisha. It happens to be the Birth place of all time great Oriya poet swabhaba kabi Gangadhar Meher. Over the time it thrived as a centre for the production of Sambalpuri ikat handloom fabrics. Over here life moves at a snail pace as it has got largely an agricultural economy. But in modern times of digital technology as well here

is someone who brought this insignificant town to the limelight trough his blog writings. Writings of E.Kiran Mohan are mostly about the life and culture of Western Odisha otherwise known as Koshal Anchala. He had developed and managing a well equipped web blog by the title:
https://barpalidays.blogspot.com/p/ekiran-mohan.html

where he had published all of his works. Though born to a Telugu family, but he writes about the life, culture and the art of Oriyas among whom he is leading a serene life. He is just a Graduate of Commerce but his style of writing makes the readers spellbound. He is the first person in the Western Odisha to write topics in English about Koshali culture and publish them in the internet. This vulture of culture got numerous topics on Koshali culture to his credit. Be it Nuakhai, Sital Sasthi of Barpali, Pua Juintia, Bhat khuani, Ekusia, Basi Pakhal, Chaul Bara, Kakharu Badi and so on. Ever since its launching in July 2011 his blog www.barpalidays.blogspot.in has garnered 55,705+ page views in a span of three years. This blog has got so much traffic despite the fact that its content is narrowly restricted to the Koshali culture and that too when Koshali people are not internet savvy. It is largely because the rate of English literates in this region are insignificant. He had written the topics on the life of Manabodha Rana [click here]- Born to Earth, Karna Meher [click here]- Innovating kusa craft, Gadadhar Bariha [click here]- Lone living dancer of Sabda Nritya, Dasarathi Seth [click here] - 1-2-3-Statue. The profile of Hadu Haripal - The Gentleman Ricksaw walla of Barpali is worth a read. It is not that E.Kiran Mohan writes just about the successful persons, but have worked extensively on the deprived and the destitute of his territory. Be it the story of Blind Meher’s family where all the siblings are blind. The sad life story of handicapped girl Tulsi Meher and the boy Saurav Mishra would melt the heart of any one. Each of them got the financial help from the readers of this blog. While Tulsi Meher got a second hand tricycle from a gentleman of New Delhi. Saurav Mishra got a draft from an elderly lady of Pune to meet the educational expenses for a whole year. On the other hand the Blind Mehers Family got twice the grocery for a whole month from Nadia of Paris. And one anonymous Oriya girl working in USA sent US $ 200 to take care of the food for Sana Sahu the lone helpless woman of Barpali after browsing his blog. You ought to find a dose of innocence in his style of writing which would make you fall in love with this virtual town of Barpali. He able to showcase verbally the rural atmosphere where the school going kids trouble his family while stealing the berries from his backyard in the story titled “Chal bo chal jhadama buro”. On the post titled “Bhow bhow” he able to narrate about the pranks of the two dogs his family is rearing. It is the heart worming story of inter personal relation between human beings and the canines. On the other hand “Kecho Soup” is the most heartwarming true story which tells how this writer rescued a turtle and rehabilitated it in a nearby pond. It tells how a common man could protect the nature and the environment surrounding him without hampering his daily schedule of work. Whereas “Harvest the crop only when it matures” is a true humanitarian story where this writer had forwarded Rupees Five to an unknown unemployed youth on the streets of New Delhi and for the next four years he was chasing that youth to recover this paltry money. Based on this story, LIC of India came up with a beautiful TV advertising for its insurance product Jeevan Anand. Here they have picturised how two friends fight for Five Rupees - "Radhika ko bus mei ghumane keliye panch rupiya mene diyatha". This add is telecasted during the prime time in the news channels. The note worthy out of all would be “ikat tour of Barpali by a French Lady” and “a bua” which shows the true picture of the much hyped India Tourism. These topics tells the plight of the foreigners which they encounter while visiting the remote rural India. His works have been published by many prestigious institutions be it Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, The New Indian Express, The Women’s Era or RNIS News Paper. Through his blog many foreign tourists keep pouring to this ikat hub every now and then. E.Kiran Mohan fondly known as Kiran Babu at Barpali is the un-official ambassador for all these helpless foreign ikat tourists as because our weavers are ignorant of the foreign language English. He hails from a fundamentally strong and highly sociable family for which he had been bestowed upon with such skill in English literature. He is the son of the renowned pediatrician of western Odisha i.e. Dr.E.R.Rao (MD) of Barpali. It is his love and commitment for the place where he live brought such a ripple and so much charm to this historic town called Barpali. Definitely another Malgudi Days is on the making by the name of Barpalidays. The writer E.Kiran Mohan could be reached at :
WhatsApp # +918249314972
[email protected]
E KIRAN MOHAN
C\o. Dr.E.R.Rao(MD)
Main Road, Barpali-768029
Dist-Bargarh, Odisa, India

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Happy Nuakhai
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Happy Nuakhai

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Greetings on the birth anniversary of swabhaba kabi Gangadhar Meher
19/08/2024

Greetings on the birth anniversary of swabhaba kabi Gangadhar Meher

Greetings on National Handloom Day
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Greetings on National Handloom Day

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Please do check about the glory of Lord Jagannath
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Please do check about the glory of Lord Jagannath

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Happy Doctor's Day
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Happy Doctor's Day

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Death Centenary of Kabi Gangadhar Meher observed at Gangadhar Meher Kalyan Mandap, Barpali. Chief Guest of the function ...
05/04/2024

Death Centenary of
Kabi Gangadhar Meher observed at Gangadhar Meher Kalyan Mandap, Barpali. Chief Guest of the function was Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director of IIM, Sambalpur

Kabi Gangadhar chitrakala pradarshaniAn initiative taken by artist Saroj Rout
04/04/2024

Kabi Gangadhar chitrakala pradarshani
An initiative taken by artist Saroj Rout

Janma Dinar shubhechha Kabi Haldar Nag
31/03/2024

Janma Dinar shubhechha
Kabi Haldar Nag

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Enjoy the following children story
24/03/2024

Enjoy the following children story

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Pakhal Divas:
20/03/2024

Pakhal Divas:

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Hotel Maa Sarala, Tahsil Chauk, Barpali
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Hotel Maa Sarala,
Tahsil Chauk, Barpali

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Shri Ram Mandir, Ayodhya:Some Facts about the temple Construction: Chief Architects - Chandrakant Sompura, Nikhil Sompur...
20/01/2024

Shri Ram Mandir, Ayodhya:

Some Facts about the temple Construction:

Chief Architects - Chandrakant Sompura, Nikhil Sompura and Ashish Sompura.

Design Advisors - IIT Guwahati, IIT Chennai, IIT Bombay, NIT Surat, Central Building Research Institute Roorkee, National Geo Research Institute Hyderabad, and the National Institute of Rock Mechanics.

Construction Company - Larsen and Toubro (L&T)Project

Management Company - Tata Consulting Engineers Limited ( TCEL)

Sculptors - Arun Yogiraaj (Mysore), Ganesh Bhatt and Satyanarayan Pandey

Total Area - 70 Acre (70% green Area)

Temple Area - 2.77 Acre

Temple Dimensions - Length – 380 Ft.

Width – 250 Ft. Height – 161 Ft.

Architectural Style - Indian Nagar Style

Architectural Highlights - 3 storeys (floors), 392 pillars, 44 doors

Now let's see how the temple will be a modern marvel:

The temple complex consists of several independent infrastructures of its own
which includes -
1. Sewage treatment plant
2. water treatment plant
3. fire service
4. independent power station.
5. Pilgrims Facility Centre of 25,000 capacity to provide medical facilities and locker facilities to the pilgrims.
6. Separate block with a bathing area, washrooms, washbasin, open taps, etc.
7. 200 KA light arresters have been installed over the temple structure to protect it from lightening.
8. Museum showcasing artifacts related to Lord Ram and the Ramayana. Thus. more than just a religious center, the Ram Mandir has been envisioned as a cultural and educational center as well.

Other Fascinating Things:
1. A time capsule has been placed approximately 2,000 feet below the ground, right underneath the temple. The capsule contains a copper plate inscribed with relevant information regarding the Ram Mandir, Lord Rama, and Ayodhya.
The purpose of this time capsule is to ensure that the identity of the temple remains intact over time so that it doesn’t get forgotten in the future.

2. The temple is an earthquake-resistant structure, with an estimated age of 2500 years.

3.The idols are made up of 60 million years old Shaligram Rocks, brought from the Gandaki River (Nepal)

4. The Bell is made of Ashtadhatu (Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Tin, Iron, and Mercury)
The Bell weighs 2100 Kg
The sound of the bell can be heard up to a distance of 15 Km.

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E. Kiran Mohan , C/o. Drive E. R. Rao(M. D) , Near SBI, , AT/PO: Barpali, Dist. Bargarh
Odisha
768029

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