I Know Odisha Poem by Gajanan Mishra

I know Odisha
My birth place
Here is Puri
Lord Jagannath
Lord Balabhadra
Lord Suvadra
And Sri sudarshana
I know Rathajatra on
2nd day of bright moonlight
Of Asadha every year
I know Maa
Bhubaneswaree
I know my language
That is love
That is Odia
That is Kosli.

I know Odisha
That came in to being
On 1st April 1936
Official language Odia
Area- From Keonjhar
Baleswar sundargarh
To Koraput Malkangiri
From Puri to Nuapada
I know Odisha.

I know Odisha
Tilldate I am
Unable to know its people
I am unable to know
Their blood their mind
Their intention
Why they are so silent
For the development
Of their own culture
Own language.

Any way I salute
My Lord My language
My land My world
My people at large
Humanity is my religion
Love is my passion
Charity is my ambition.