The JSPl Angul joined the Raja celebrations by people of five villages, including Paripara, Jarada, Jamunda, Jamunda Jungle and Dudhiabeda on Wednesday.
All the villagers came under one platform to celebrate the festival with all traditional fun and gaiety. Decorated swings, specially designed sporting events for girls, women and boys and several ethnic delicacies were part of the celebration. Angul SP Rajesh Uttam Rao Pandit attended as chief guest and inaugurated a series of programmes. JSPl Executive Director and Angul location Head Dinesh Saraogi joined the celebration and wished the farming community and women on the Raja festival and prayed for a good monsoon. The JSPl felicitated winners of various competitions.
Among others, JSPl AVPs Suresh Sharma and Sujit Pradhan, GM Asish Pandey and DGM Pushpalata Satapathy joined the event.