Vande Bharata Janani

The song 'Vande Utkal Janani' was first sung at
Utkal Sammilani Conference at Balasore in
1912, the song had its spell-bound effect on
the audience and surprised many dignitaries in
the dias, including Utkalmani Pandit
Gopabandhu Das, who was presiding over the
Session. He was so much delighted that after
he heard the entire song, he inquired about its
writer....

....'Vande Utkal Janani's each line
and stanza is important for us. These lines are
so symmetrically arranged that under no
circumstances the song can be shortened.
Orissa's eminent persons including Kantakavi's
younger son and freedom fighter Sri Gour
Chandra Mahapatra is not at all in favour of
the shorter version of the song.
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The Story of Vande Utkal Janani The National Song of Orissa

Suresh Behera