Hatdihi, 15th Oct 2025: On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Pandit Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das, statues of three eminent leaders were unveiled today at Dimiria Primary School in Hatdihi block. The celebration, organized under the coordination of Headmaster Vivekananda Behera, was graced by several distinguished guests.
Chief guests at the event included:
- Abhimanyu Bhatt, Principal of PM Shri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Panikoili
- Radhakanta Das, President of Utkal Swabhiman Manch
- Harekrushna Mahapatra, retired BEO from Ganjam
- Sanjay Kumar Mahapatra, teacher at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Panikoili
- Basudev Sahu, Joint Secretary of Utkal Swabhiman Manch, Puri
- Lakshmidhar Samantray, retired headmaster from Nayagarh
- Badal Kishore Mahapatra and Arun Kumar Mahapatra from Bhadrak
- Arttatrana Mallik, retired headmaster of Satyabadi
- Manoranjan Mishra, retired headmaster of Puri Sadar block
- Harapriya Kar, retired headmistress from Puri
- Suraraj Mishra, Chairman of the managing committee of Nua Somaneshwarpura Satyabadi Puri School
- The dignitaries unveiled the statues of:
- Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das
- Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das
- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
The statue of Gopabandhu Das was donated by Utkal Swabhiman Manch, that of Madhubabu by Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Chairman of Eastern Media Ltd., and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s statue was donated by Headmaster Vivekananda Behera.
Also present at the program were:
Chakradhar Barik, President of the School Management Committee
Lipina Barik, Vice President
Committee members: Sukanta Behera, Rabindra Khatua, Abhimanyu Basantia, Ramachandra Mahanti, Baman Charan Behera, Govinda Barik, Anam Raul, Chintamani Jena (former Sarpanch)
From the ME School, Headmaster Ajay Kumar Raul, Assistant Teachers Papan Swaain, Satyabhama Behera, and Soumyaranjan Balsamanta conducted and coordinated the event.
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