The two-day historic festival Panchodala, a congregation of all deities of the locality, was observed at the Panchodala ground here on Friday and Saturday.
Pithadisha Charan Chakradev invited all the 150 deities to the festival ground, where lakhs of devotees gathered to have Darshan of the idols. On Friday midnight, all the deities came out from their respective temples in separate huge decorative processions by the devotees.The get-together programme of all the idols, also known as Melana, was held on Saturday evening. Banpur Tehsildar Pabitra Mohan Das, SDPO PK Routray and PS IIC Abhinab Dalua, among others, ensured a smooth management of the event. Besides, social welfare organisations like the Nehru Seva Sangh, the Satya Sai Seva Sangh and the Prajapita Iswariya Viswa Vidyalaya provided emergency services to the people.