Cuttack: “Durga Puja, the Silvery Touch of Cuttack” by author, photographer and administrator Raja Parija, is a priceless tribute to the Millennium City, where the author lives, spent his entire youth, found his love, lovely wife while during his prime feature-writing career and above all being a chronicler of Odisha’s rich traditions, heritage and culture.

Research based findings always being the forte of Parija’s writings and the beautiful coffee table books, he has produced so far, this unique document of Cuttack’s Durga Puja also proves how the city’s puja is historically much ancient, rooted in royal courts, temple rituals, and Shakta traditions but on the other hand, Kolkata’s puja is something, which got transformed into a mass-driven socio-cultural festivity and later got prominen

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