CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Deepak Kumar Nayak, Project Assistant of Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage(INTACH) with Rabindra Rana, heritage enthusiast of Odisha located the 500-year-old submerged temple in the Mahanadi river near Baideswar in Padmavati area, Cuttack. About the Temple: i.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gujarat: ‘Dhwaja’ unfurled at Pavagadh temple after nearly 500 years. Modi reached Pavagadh on Saturday morning and offered prayers at the temple and also performed a puja of the ‘dhwaja’ before unfurling it. He said that the moment filled his heart with joy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sometime in the middle of the 19th century, the Gopinath Dev temple as well as the village named Padmabati was located submerged when Mahanadi River changed its course after 1933 flood. “The village was submerged under the waters and the villagers moved to higher places to set up a new village renamed as Padmabati.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mata Chandrahasni Temple is located on the bank of Mahanadi River in Chandrapur town of Raigard district of Chattisgarh state.

Detailed explanation-5: -Odisha is a confluence of the Aryan, Dravidian and Adivasi cultures. Most festivals in the state bring out some part of these cultures and celebrate their religion by way of festivals which span out the entire year. There are festivals that are common, but the celebration remains unique to a region.