Danda Nacha:- it is one of the famous festival in Ganjam Odisha
Origin People say that it is the story of Satyayuga. Mura and Daruna were two demons and were very powerful. But in the battle with gods, they were killed miserably. In the meantime the wife of Mura, named Lilabati was pregnant. As she had received unspoken torture before giving birth to the child, she gave its name “Dandadanab”. When Dandadanab became young he could know the mystery behind his name. He received education from Sukracharya. Then he started hard meditation memorising Bramha. He got the grace of Bramha that if he could defeat the gods and goddesses and then only he could defeat Lord Vishnu. Dandadanab defeated the gods and imprisoned all of them. After some days he was persuaded by Saraswati to arrange a fire container (Kunda) in which the imprisoned gods could jump into and die. He obeyed her words. He got fire from lord Shiva’s third eye and ordered the gods to jump into it. The gods did the same. He laughed so happily to see this that he died too. This laughter...