The book, Lotus Land – The Secrets of Padma Kshetra, written by Bhuban Patra was inaugurated here on March 21 amid presence of writers, litterateurs and musicians.
The speakers unanimously agreed that the history of Odisha should be loudly and proudly told to the world. There was an earnest intellectual agreement between the guests and the audience that much should be written and propagated about Odisha’s glorious past.
Writer and poet Haraprasad Das, Kadambini Editor Dr Iti Samanta and veteran music director Swaroop Nayak among others were present. The work of fiction is set in the thirteenth century Kalinga and the story revolves around the magnificent Sun temple built at Konark.
Writer Bhuban Patra is a travel blogger by choice and a marketing executive by profession.
His debut book “Where is Ekamra” has been appreciated by many and he has been awarded as one of the top hundred debut Indian Authors of 2019 by Literatureslight and Criticspace Journal.
The event ended on a high note with playback singer, Debashish Mohapatra humming a few lines of the song ‘Odisha mo Odisha.’