"SaThi dusei" Puja after the Ganesha Puja in Odisha

Friends,
My 1st blog on "SaThi dusei" Puja was based on "SaThi dusei Puja after a kid's birth in Odisha".
http://ashishkumarnayakodisha.blogspot.in/2015/11/sathi-dusei-puja-after-kids-birth-in.html

This blog tells about "SaThi dusei Puja after the Ganesh Puja in Odisha".

On the 6th day of Ganesha Puja, the "SaThi dusei Puja" happens again as Ganesh is also considered also considered as a kid.
This is a little different from the  SaThi dusei Puja after a kid's birth.
 
-In the morning, there will be the celebration of  "Somanatha Brata" for Lord Siba(Siva).
Six types of foods are prepared as bhata(rice), dali(dal),  macha(fish), chakuli(a cake like food made of rice), veg curry 1 & 2.
-Haladi (Haldi/Turmeric) is put on Sila Pua (The bar like instrument used in the old times "Grinder") and the it is covered with a cloth of turmeric/yellow color.
-5 types of plants are are bundled together: BAunsha (Bamboo), DhAna (Paddy), Bajramuli, ApamAranga, SAru.
-A PurnaKumbha (Kalashi/Pot with a coconut and mango leaves over that) is placed near that
-Gali Gua (A type of betel nut), Sindura PharuA (Vermilion case), KajaLa Pati(A case containing the black used for eye) are placed near that
-Then the BandA-panA(ବନ୍ଦାପନା - बन्दापना - Worship) happens with Duba (A type of grass), Barakoli Patra (Leaves of Barakoli), Arua ChauLa (A type of rice)

-In the night, the kids are patted with the bundled 5types of plants.
-People tie a piece of the Haladi Kapada (Turmeric/Yellow cloth) on the hand.

Thanks
Ashish

Translation in Odia: https://medium.com/@ashishkumarnayak/%E0%AC%B7%E0%AC%A0%E0%AD%80-%E0%AC%A6%E0%AD%81%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%87-%E0%AC%AA%E0%AD%82%E0%AC%9C%E0%AC%BE-5b606d1b3ba9

"Enduri Pitha" preparation process in Ancient Odisha

Friends,
This blogs tells about the preparation process of "EnDuri Pitha" in ancient Odisha.
"EnDuri Pitha" is a type of cake like item prepared from rice batter and stuffing inside it.

1 - Rice & black gram batter is kept on KadaLi Patra (Banana Leaf) or HaLadi Patra (Turmeric Leaf) and some stuffing prepared from black gram, jaggery, black pepper, chena, coconut, sugar is kept on it.

2 - The leaf is folded in the form of a packet so that it will hold the batter and stuffing tight.

3 - Then a pot like thing (PAchiA) prepared from bamboo is taken. It has some pores on its base and the top portion is open.

 4 - The packets containing the batter and stuffing, are placed inside it and then covered by cloth and the top portion is closed by a cover prepared from bamboo.

5 - Then it is kept on a clay pot with water and the water is boiled. 

With the temperature generated by the steam, the "EnDuri Pitha" gets prepared and looks like this.

EnDuri Pitha - Pic Source: Wikipedia

You need to remove the leaves and get the EnDuri out of it.  

Now-a-days, people use the aluminum frame (used for Idly preparation) to prepare the EnDuri Pitha.
It can be told that Idly is a variant of EnDuri Pitha. The two differences are that Enduri was prepared using old methods, but Idly is prepared using modern methods & the shape of Enduri is long but the shape of Idly is round.
This food item(Enduri Pitha) is prepared in Odisha mostly during the festival of "Prathamastami". 

Idly which is famous in southern part of India, is also famous in Odisha as well and the reason might be "All are rice-producing states". And...No one can deny the huge cultural similarities between Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Karnataka. 
No one knows how the word "EnDuri" was originated.
Many people call it as "InDuri" as well.
The name of the country "InDonesia" somewhat matches with "InDuri".
Many people in southern states also believe that the rice-batter baking technology was developed during the maritime business of Kalingas, Pandyas & Cholas with Indonesia.
There is a peculiar link with Maharastra. In Maharastra, people from PuNe are called PuNeri. No other place people have similar naming convention. 
Marathi language and Marathi words has huge similarity with Odia language and Odia words.

Cheers
Ashish