Glowing tributes were paid to Utkal Sammilani’s first president of the organisation Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo on his 109th death anniversary by various eminent persons here on Monday.
Bhanja Deo’s statue at Power House Square here was garlanded by the Sammilaniand other organisations members. Utkal Sammilani Mancheswar Branch president Dillip Kumar Dashsharma presiding over the function urged the Culture Department to properly maintain the statues of the iconic sons of the State.