The history of Laxmi Puja at Angul is more than 50 years old. First the Laxmi Puja was started at Laxmi Bazar of Angul in 1960.Later it was started in 1969 at Bustand. Now-a-days, the Laxmi Puja is celebrated at more than 40 Puja Pendals throughout the Angul Town & nearby area. The colourful decoration, temporary markets, music & dance programmes etc. are the part of this Puja celebration which continued for 11 days starting from Kumara Purnima. It now becomes a traditional grand yearly celebration in which people from all religions, castes, tribes participate in it. At last a grand combined procession & crackers competition are being organized on the immersion day at the open field near Stadium. Thousands of people not only from Angul District, but from whole State come to Angul to enjoy the Laxmi Puja during this festive time. |
