Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday announced a financial grant of Rs 50 lakh for the promotion and preservation of Sital Sasthi Yatra 2025.
Taking to his X handle, Majhi informed that the Rs 50 lakh financial grant will be provided from the Chief Minister’s own fund to celebrate the Sital Sasthi Yatra in a grand manner.
“Sital Sasthi Yatra’ is a unique messenger of our culture and tradition. To make the Sital Sasthi Yatra,’ which is a traditional wedding ceremony of Deba Deba Mahadeba and Mata Parbati, even more grand, the Chief Minister has announced a financial grant of Rs. 50 lakhs from his own funds for its promotion and preservation. In a government of the people, folk traditions will be honoured, and Odia Ashmita will be glorious,” he said in the post.
