On the last day of #RathaJatra, Lord Jagannatha returns to his Ratna Singhasana. This process is called as #Niladribije. On this day, he offered Rasagola to his wife Maa Mahalaxmi as a present. I've written something about Rasagola Dibasa previously. In the year of Nabakalebara of Lord Jagannatha, Odia people wish to celebrate #RasagolaDibasa as this is offering to Maa Laxmi on this day. On 30th July 2015, the 1st Rasagola Dibasa celebrated in different places in Odisha as well as in the other places outside Odisha by the Odias.
Pahala, the famous place for the Rasagolas in Odisha a small place in between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. There were different stalls for the Rasagola on this day in our capital as well as in some other cities. At that time more and more responses make a successful trend in twitter. Rasagola Dibasa was trending on No1 position in all over India. After that, some Bengalies stated, Rasagola was initiated in WestBengal. But with some references, that statement had been proved wrong. In Dandi Ramayana, Balarama Das wrote about Rasagola. Hence Rasagola is originated from Odisha. But, according to the taste and making process Rasagola and their Rosogulla are different. Let's leave that part.
After the successful campaign and celebration of 1st Rasagola Dibasa, last year we also celebrate it on the occasion of Niladribije of Lord Jagannatha. This year also, we celebrate Rasagola Dibasa for the 3rd time. But initially, there was no such response by the government and the media in Odisha. Even at the time of trending in the morning time they didn't post a tweet about Rasagola or Rasagola Dibasa. But, Rasagola Dibasa started trending in no 1 position by 8 am in the morning.
More number of Odia tweeple used the hashtag #RasagolaDibasa. Sand artist Sudarsana Pattnaik tweeted with his sand art about Rasagola Dibasa.
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) July 6, 2017
After that, some Bengali people tweeted something about Rasagola. Some created polls about Rasagola.
Let's see who eats maximum #Rasagola or #Rosogolla #Bengalis or #Odias .Vote & Comment "B" for Bengalis or "O" for Odias #RasagolaDibasa— Avik Bhattacharjee (@avikbhatta) July 6, 2017
Some also criticized about Rasagola Diabasa. Sanjukta Basu, a lady from West Bengal also criticized the pronunciation of Rasagola.
First Rasa Gola sounds like Raas Leela. Second, trying to claim রসগোল্লা as Odia is same as Taj Mahal as Hindu temple #RasagolaDibasa— Sanjukta Basu (@sanjukta) July 6, 2017
For her tweet, some people arguing with her and then, she tweeted some photos form Chilika.
Odia people relax, see how beautiful your #ChilkaLake Leave the Rosogolla for us. Lol. #RasagolaDibasa #OdishaTourism #travelphotography pic.twitter.com/6Aq8HKfOZO— Sanjukta Basu (@sanjukta) July 6, 2017
Again she also tweeted about the Origin of Rasagola is from Odisha.
Preposterous as it is, dear bongo santans, it is true. Damn Rosogolla's origin is in #Odisha #RasagolaDibasa https://t.co/jIlqzQsUuo 😠— Sanjukta Basu (@sanjukta) July 6, 2017
Like that some National Media also tweeted about the confusion of Odisha and Bango disputes about Rasagola.
— India Today (@IndiaToday) July 6, 2017It's not only 'India-China' Oriyas and Bengalis are fighting on Rasogullas. #ITSpecial #RasagolaDibasaRead More: https://t.co/NMrfgdRmu1 pic.twitter.com/8hC4b2EqRY
Rasagola Dibasa: Places where you can relish the sweet delight in Odisha https://t.co/AoP8B3KUgr— Zee News (@ZeeNews) July 7, 2017
ଜାତୀୟ ଖବରକାଗଜ ବି Rasagola ଲେଖିଲେଣି 😀#RasagolaDibasa pic.twitter.com/Nw7JBjG6f5— ନିଧି ଅଜା (@nidhi_budha) July 7, 2017
But our own state media didn't respond to this issue. So, I wrote to them also. They are the news media form Odisha and they should help to spread about Rasagola and Rasagola Dibasa in our state first. Due to a lack of promotion, more and more places and our cultures are going to die in our state. Odisha is the origin of Rasagola, but more and more in our state also believe that it was initiated from Bengal. At first, we have to spread all the news in our state first. So, they could believe in our own culture and our things. But, the media don't have time to telecast a report on Rasagola Dibasa, but they all telecast the same news at a time with their 1st tape video about some issue and telling repeatedly that, they got the 1st visuals. But the same visuals were telecasting in different channels also. In a 30 minutes news, they repeatedly told the same news, but don't have 1 to 2 minutes to say about Rasagola Dibasa.
ଆମର ନ୍ୟୁଜ୍ ଚ୍ୟାନେଲ ବାଲାଏ ସବୁ ଖବରକୁ ବାରମ୍ବାର କୁହନ୍ତି ।— Gapu(ଗପୁ)✍ (@ssgapu22) July 6, 2017
ପୁଣିଥରେ କହିରଖୁଛୁ, ଆଉ ଥରେ କହିରଖୁଛୁ । ସେଇ ଖବର ଅଧଘଣ୍ଟା ଭିତରେ ୪/୫ଥର ଦେଖେଇବେ ।
Fortunately, some media people responded to my tweets and prepare some articles about the Rasagola and Rasagola Dibasa.
Sambit Dash, a reporter from OTV prepared an article about the trends of #PakhalaDibasa and #RasagolaDibasa in twitter.
— OTV (@otvnews) July 6, 2017
Kanak News collect some interesting tweets about Rasagola Dibasa by our Odia tweeple and made an article.
ସୋସିଆଲ ମିଡିଆରେ ଟ୍ରେଣ୍ଡ କଲା ରସଗୋଲା ଦିବସ ! https://t.co/sozfWNWaLL pic.twitter.com/QXrQE8n34Q— Kanak News (@kanak_news) July 6, 2017
Odisha Sun Times, an online media also prepared a report on Rasagola Dibasa. They collect the interview of Soumya Ranjan Pattnaik and Ashok Chandra Panda as well.
#Odisha celebrates #RasagolaDibasa with much fanfare. Read: https://t.co/iLvoc5uzDe pic.twitter.com/NkyOajtJbq— Odisha Sun Times (@odishasuntimes) July 6, 2017
Kalinga TV also prepared a report about Rasagola Dibasa.
Odisha observes #RasagolaDibasa today on the auspicious occasion of #NiladriBije . https://t.co/jDJZaNVqrz— Kalinga TV (@Kalingatv24x7) July 6, 2017