The Utkal Sammilani Central Committee and the Utkal Sammilani Mancheswar Industrial Estate Branch observed the Utkal Divas separately here on Monday.
The day observed by the central committee was presided over its president Basant Kumar Tripathy. Members garlanded statues of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das, Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das, Sir Basudev Sudhaldeb and Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati. Then, they held discussion on the struggle and contributions of legendaries in formation of Odisha on language basis on April 2, 1936.
Vice president Dr Gourang Prasad Behera, Lecturer Duryodhan Parida, Bharat Kumar Jena, Dr Abani Kant Mishra, Girija Shankar Mohapatra, Tapas Ranjan Mishra, Er Satyajit Nayak, Bairagi Charan Sethi, Bibekananda Barik and Bimal Sahu spoke.
Similarly, the Mancheswar unit observed the day under the chairmanship of its president Dillip Dashsharma.
Statues of the Utkal Gourav , Gajapati and Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanjdeo were garlanded by senior member Dr Dwarikanath Mohanty and Sita Ballav Mohapatra, Bhubaneswar brach president Bibhuti Mishra, Sheetal Chandra Mohanty,
Er Shiba Prasad Mishra, Rajesh Sahu, Prasanna Rath Basanti Tripathy, Diptimayee Nayak and Anant Behera, among others.