World-famous Bargarh Dhanu Yatra cancelled amid COVID-19 outbreak Post News Network
The decision to cancel the 72
nd Dhanu Yatra in 2021 was taken at the Dhanu Yatra Core Committee meeting held at District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) conference hall Sunday. The meeting was chaired by district collector Jyoti Ranjan Pradhan, who is also the chairman of Dhanu Yatra Festival Committee.
The festival is synonymous with demon king Kansa. The festival’s main attraction is King Kansa who sitting on the back of a caparisoned elephant moves around the town. During the 11-day-long festival, the town of Bargarh turns into Mathura Nagar, the kingdom of Kansa and Ambapali on the outskirts gets decorated and christened as Gopapur while the Jeera river which flows between Bargarh and Ambapali is called the Yamuna.