Odissa’s City of Cuttack stands for ’bhaichara’ tradition | Radhakanta Barik

Social harmony was woven into the social fabric of the city of Cuttack. The best example is Kadam Rasul where twenty Brahmin families live with the majority of Muslims and they share their marriage and birth day functions of their children. They have built a Masjid side by side of the Durga temple located in the same spot. This city space shows the integration of these two social groups into a complex whole of the city. This is where the city is popularly known in a social proverb given below. This modern Cuttack is imprinted in public imagination in a popular proverb as