A seven-day Pallishree Mela and district cultural festival was inaugurated here on Monday.
Khordha district Collector Nirmal Chandra Mishra presided over the inaugural meeting. Among others, Khordha MLA Rajendra Kumar Sahu, Begunia MLA Prasant Kumar Jagadev, ZP Chairman Prafulla Kumar Dalai, SP Dipti Ranjan Ray, DRDA PD Saroj Kumar Mishra and Sub-Collector Saroj Kumar Sahu attended as guests.
The Khordha district administration and the Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) are jointly organising the event. As many as 120 exhibition-cum-sale stalls have been put up.
Foods, handicraft and handloom items and forest products and cultural progrfammes are likely to attract visitors.