Members of the Utkal Sammilani on Wednesday celebrated the Utkal Divas in a novel way by moving across the capital city of Bhubaneswar by a vehicle chanting Bande Utkal Janani. They garlanded the statues of almost all legendary peoples installed at different locations in the State capital. The members moved across the city in a decorated vehicle given by the Information and Public Relations department by singing Bande Utkal Janani.
They garlanded the statutes of Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das, Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das, Biju Patnaik, Sadasiv Tripathy, Parla Maharaj Krushnachandra Gajpati, Chakhi Khuntia, Buxi Jagabandhu, Krushna Chandra Panigrahi, Fakir Mohan Senapaty and many other Odia heroes one by another in the city and remembered their contribution. Sammilani State president Guruprasad Mohanty, vice-president Ananta Prasad Jena, general secretary Adwaita Kumar Patra, Mancheswar unit president Dillip Dassharma and many others participated in the event.