Viswakarma Puja is a major festival observed in every
industrial towns of Orissa on Kanya Sankranti Day that falls in the month
of September. Vivwakarma puja is dedicated to Viswakarma, the divine engineer
who is worshipped especially by the engineering community. According to
mythology it is said that Lord Viswakarma had created the entire universe,
the heaven and the earth. Vishwakarma puja is a divine inspiration for
the workers to produce new products and increase productivity for the
working class. Viswakarma Puja is followed by a Ganesh Puja. The main
industrial towns of Orissa, Hirakud and Rourkela celebrates Viswakarma
Puja in a majestic way. A grand fire works connected with modern technology
is an added attraction of the festival.
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