love for Odisha, Odia and Utkal Divas was the theme at the Ekamra Walks here on Sunday, with visitors enjoying the heart-touching musical rendition at the premises of the Mukteswar-Siddheswar temple complex.
Susanta Kumar Jena on Tabla and Chandan Sethi on the violin mermerised the visitors as they created tunes for patriotic numbers starting Bande Utkala Janani. Visitors comprising NRIs, IT professionals, tourists from Karnataka and West Bengal and locals enjoyed the heritage walk on the special day.
Mangalore-based dental surgeon Dr U Prabhakar and his architect daughter Neethi lavanya and son Arjun NK and daughter-in-law Pooja l Bhat, both IT professionals, based in Bengaluru were very happy to join the heritage tour.
US-based NRI Sharbani Roy was also elated to have participated in the Monks, Caves and Kings heritage walk at Khandagiri-Udayagiri and the Old own walk. Captain Sonia Sangwan from infrastructure major Sam Indus, said, “I am foreseeing the city being global.”
A family from Asansol led by Sanjay Barnwal, a teacher from a missionary school, said, “I am really impressed with both the walks.’’ He also appreciated the medicinal plant garden Ekamra Van.