The Barpali Days

This blog is the Facebook of Barpali which picturise its "life" and "culture". It was a "palli" or a village a century back where the all time great Oriya poet swabhaba kabi Gangadhar Meher had taken birth. Now this bustling little town is renowned world-over for the weaving of Sambalpuri ikat handloom fabrics. Agriculture is its prime economy. And when you happen to visit this little town don't miss to taste Chaul bara.

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Sep 25, 2011

11:56 AM

A PICTORIAL VIEW OF BARPALI (ODISHA), INDIA

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)]


E. KIRAN MOHAN
Tahsil Chowk
At\PO - BARPALI - 768 029
Dist. Bargarh
Orissa, India
Cell #  91 - 99 371 20565 

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