Dubai-based Odia father-daughter scuba diving duo Priyadarshee and Tisya Panigrahi have created another memorable moment.
Priyadarshee and Tisya (12) went to Maldives, a few days ago to do their milestone dives.
Priyadarshee completed his 50th dive at the Fulidhoo corner dive site, off the tiny island of Fulidhoo. Priyadarshee was accompanied by Tisya. They went to depths of around 50 feet.
Coincidentally, another diver, American Connie Lin also celebrated her 50th dive at the same time. Tisya also had her 25th dive at the Alimatha Jetty dive site off the island of Alimatha.
Tisya became Odisha’s youngest scuba diver in 2020 when she obtained her Junior Open Water Scuba diver licence at the age of 10. Earlier in June this year, she also became Odisha’s youngest Junior Advanced Open Water Scuba diver when she dived 70 feet on her 12th Birthday
Priyadarshee Panigrahi and Soumitri Nanda’s daughter, Tisya was born in Sambalpur. She is a grade 7 student of Raffles World Academy, Dubai. Shehappens to be the grand daughter of former Minister and Member of Parliament from Odisha late Sriballav Panigrahi and educationist late Sunanda Panigrahi. Tisya is also the grand daughter of former Sambalpur MLA Dr Raseswari Panigrahi.