A PICTORIAL VIEW OF BARPALI (ODISHA), INDIA

          [Barpali vegetables market]

06/01/2024

[Amrita Sabat an aficionado of ikat  Handloom fabrics from Bhubaneswar expressed her wish to explore Barpali cluster. Developer of this blog E Kiran Mohan escorted her to different weavers at Barpali]

01/04/2022

[Two buyers came down from Sambalpur to buy ikat Handloom sarees. Developer of this blog E Kiran Mohan introduced them with master weaver Dayalu Meher]

28/02/2022

[Two  Handloom buyers from Ahmedabad, Gujarat contacted developer of this blog E Kiran Mohan. Who introduced them to ikat  Handloom weaver  Swarnalata Meher of Barpali]

08/12/2020

            [A vendor selling winter wear at Barpali]

                                   10/12/2014

[Artist Bijay Biswal could be seen here alongwith his paintings during an art exibition conducted by Kala Bhumi at Barpali]

                                                                                                                                                                 14/11/2014

[Dr.Patricia Peyrat of France could be seen interacting with Writer E.Kiran Mohan  at Gopaipali village. She came down from France  on reading this blog to help Jharna Meher of Gopaipali]

                                                                                                                                                                14/11/2014

[Dr.Patricia Peyrat (blue t-shirt), Cecile (Centre) and Marc Peyrat (red t-shirt)  the three French nationals could be seen with Jharna Meher
and her mother. They donated one sewing machine and two goats to this poor family on reading this blog]

                                                                                                                                                             05/10/2014

[Saroj Rout the artist who belongs to Barpali  conducted his first ever
solo art exhibition at Kalyan Mandap of Barpali. ]

[The entrance gate made with the timber at a cottage in the Dakbangla Pada, Barpali.
It hedge the mongrels and cattle from entering the house.]

[This is how the dry straws of paddy after its being harvested
are being stacked on a open field at village Nileswar near Barpali]

[Dr.E.R.Rao (MD,Pediatrics) of Barpali
while attending a patient in his clinic]

[Ghasiram Rana : a cement sculptor of Barpali while at work
on his workshop near Tehsil Chowk]

                         Photo courtesy : Sujata Dehury

[a hand sculpted wooden door likely to be 100+ years old 

at Kansari Pada, Barpali]

           

                                                                                                                  26/01/2014

[Brata Upanayana of Kuldeep Mund, Barpali]

                                                                                                                  27/11/2013

[Seen over here Smt.E.Rohini of Barpali doing Jhuti called Rangoli
 in Hindi for a Thursday during the Hindu calender month of  Margasira]

                                                                                                                  28/09/2013

[Anne Herms a student of Anthropology from Germany at Barpali in conversation
 with E.Kiran Mohan  this writer about the life of Bhulia Community]

                                                                                                                  14/06/2013

[Arup Chakrabarty (second right) of Kolkatta came to take the blessings of Kapileswar Baba during the Sital Sasthi Jatra of Barpali.
He was directed in a dream to go Himadri Nagar to recover from liver transplant. He searched  in the web for Himadri Nagar and reached this blog and contacted this blogger. Arup works with a MNC. Earlier he was in London for few years]

                                                                                                                  11/02/2013

[Dinesh Joshi and Candace Joshi the two ikat buyers who came to Barpali
from Los Angels, USA  meerly through this blog]

                                                                                                                  25/01/2013

[Nimisaranya - an old lady while plastering her cottage with the earth] 

                                                                                   08/01/2013

[an old lady basking on the sun at Chammarpada on a winter noon.
Also seen Gobbar Chenna the dry cow dung  used as a fuel for cooking]

                                                                                                                  08/01/2013

[Anagha a textile designer and a student of  Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai on an ikat tour of Barpali ,
She came to Barpali through this blog. She is posing along with her husband (centre) and this bloger E.Kiran Mohan]

                                                                                                                  09/12/2012

[Alpa Mistri an ikat tourist  who came down from England to Barpali through this blog]

[a villager selling Nag Phena made with raw paddy straws offered Puja during Margasir Gurubar] 

[The Railway Station of Barpali which got just two platforms with a low frequency of trains]

[Dr.Manindra Kumar Meher the professor of Odia at Sambalpur University
and the great grandson of swabhba kabi Ganagadhar Meher on his study table]

[Bailjhuri Friday Market - the worlds largest open air hadloom market near Bargarh]

                                                                                                                      20/09/12

[Rajbati of  Barpali the residence of  the past Jamindar]                                   

[The inside view of Durga Mandir of  Barpali at Madhya Para]

[Mandhata Meher the budding sand artist of Barpali]

                                 a photo contributed by our reporter Rinku Sahu         01/08/12

[Jal Abhisek otherwise called Jalsei of Lord Shiva at Sidheswar Mandir]

                                                                                                                   09/05/12

[a baidya selling herbal medicines on the street]

                                                                                                                16/04/2012

[a kumbhar carrying the matkas to sell on the street on a summer noon]

                                                                                                                         04/03/2012

[Brata Upanayana of Ritesh, Ludkibeda village]

                                                                                                               14/03/2012

[Mrs.Anjana Desai  a tourist from Mumbai drawn to Barpali  solely by
 barpalidays.blogspot.in while posing with ikat weaver Lalit Meher]                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                           04/03/2012

[The green paddy fields on the way to Ludkibeda village]                         

                                                                                                               09/03/2012

[Children on the street, the day of Holi 2012]

[Santoshini Mata a wanderer of Alekh Mahima cult]

[the school children of  Upper Primary School in Gandhi Nagar]

[It is how barati people are transported in a truck breaking the safety norms]

[two carpenters while making a bullock-cart]

[two cows while resting under a shadow on the wayside]

[the Durga Mandap at Tehsil Chowk, Barpali]

[a dog feeding its puppies]

[a typical pushcart of bhuja mixture known as jhalmudi in West Bengal]

[an elderly getting his pan prepared at a betel shop]

[an old couple while buying the famed Sambalpuri sarees]

[Sana Sahu a lone old-woman having no family and job]

[Children dancing to the tune of loud music on the day of  Nuakhai]

[Durga Puja 2011 at Tehsil Chowk, Barpali]

[a dirt filled Bijepur Road in a rainy day ]

[a tribal woman selling dant kathi the sticks chewed as tooth brush]

[two youngsters while bathing at a hand-pump surrounded with  unhigenic sanitation]

[a cycle mechanic at work under the tamarind tree at Gandhi Chowk ]

[a group of women relaxing early hours on Shiv temple premises]

[a picturesque scene of  Kusta Bandh (pond)]

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E. KIRAN MOHAN

Tahsil Chowk

At\PO - BARPALI - 768 029

Dist. Bargarh

Orissa, India

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