DANDA NATA OF ODISHA: A CASE STUDY

The reverent festival familiar as Danda Nata takes place once only in a year at the starting of April over a duration of 13 days. It is committed to ‘DevI’ generally in her merciless form as ‘Kali’ and in a collateral act to siva (1) In sourthern part of Odisha, the dance of penalty is arranged in a number of villages, possibly twenty-five to thirty groups and more at a acceptable complete evaluation.