Festival325 seatsRaja Parba Night
Doli jhulan, pitha stalls and an Odia folk stage — Raja comes to Gachibowli for one warm monsoon evening.
- Sun, 15 Nov, 2026
- 11:30 am
- Shilpakala Vedika, Madhapur
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Hyderabad, Indiaଆମେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ, ଭାରି ବଢ଼ିଆ
Odia in Hyderabad
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Upcoming
What's happening?ଆୟୋଜନ
Festivals, food tables, jam nights and meetups — curated by the community, open to everyone.
Festival325 seats
FoodComing soonPakhala Sunday
A long lunch of pakhala, badi chura and saga bhaja with fifty strangers who become friends.
- Dates to be announced
- Timings TBA
- The Community Kitchen, Jubilee Hills
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JammingComing soonOdia Jam Night #12
Bring your guitar, your voice or just your ears. Odia melodies meet indie covers.
- Dates to be announced
- Timings TBA
- The Sound Loft, Madhapur
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Community
More than an event. It's a community.ଆମ ଲୋକ
Five things we keep alive in this city, every single month.
ମିଳନ
Meetups
People coming together and building friendships across a city of ten million.
ସଂସ୍କୃତି
Culture
Celebrating Odisha's traditions, dance, language and identity.
ଖାଦ୍ୟ
Food
Discovering and promoting Odia food and restaurants in Hyderabad.
ସଙ୍ଗୀତ
Music
Jamming sessions, musicians and performances every month.
କାହାଣୀ
Stories
People, experiences and stories from the Odia community.
Discover Hyderabad
Where to eat Odia in this city.ଆମ ଖାଦ୍ୟ
Restaurants, kitchens and counters serving the food we grew up with.
FeaturedDalma Ghara
KondapurHome-style Odia
Dalma, santula and machha besara cooked the way Cuttack households do it. The chhena poda sells out by 8pm.
Pakhala House
GachibowliOdia • Rice bowls
A small counter doing five kinds of pakhala with badi chura, aloo bharta and fried fish.
FeaturedJagannath Bhojanalaya
AmeerpetOdia • Temple thali
A satvik thali inspired by Puri's Ananda Bazaar — khechedi, dalma and khaja every afternoon.
Artists & Creators
The people making it.କଳାକାର
Musicians, photographers, dancers and filmmakers from the Odia community in Hyderabad.
Musician • Singer-songwriter
Ankit Praharaj
Writes in Odia and English, hosts our monthly jam and can turn any room into a singalong.
Photographer
Riya Panigrahi
Documents the community — every festival frame you see here is probably hers.
Odissi Dancer
Manasi Sahoo
Guru-trained Odissi performer teaching a new generation of dancers in Hyderabad.
Media
Stories from our community.କାହାଣୀ
Recap
Seven hundred people, one harvest
How Nuakhai Bhetghat grew from thirty friends in a living room to the largest Odia gathering in Hyderabad.
Debasish Rout · 6 min read
Food
Where to find real pakhala in Hyderabad
We ate at eleven places so you don't have to. Five of them are worth the drive.
Ipsita Mohanty · 4 min read
Interview
“Odia songs sound different at 11pm”
Ankit Praharaj on writing in his mother tongue for a city that doesn't speak it.
Riya Panigrahi · 8 min read
Gallery
A year in frames.ଛବି
ଯେଉଁଠି ରହିଲେ ବି, ସଂସ୍କୃତି ସାଙ୍ଗରେ ଯାଏ
Wherever we live, our culture travels with us.
ଆସନ୍ତୁ ମିଶିବା
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