Bhakua Sadei ଭକୁଆ ସଦେଇ: June 2005

The Patis of Balasore
The Neta- Popu Babu

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The Patis of Balasore
Muna's son held by his maternal grandpa Panigrahi Babu.

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The Patis of Balasore
Babula-eldest of Pati children and the main anchor of Patis.
Probably the photos lacking are those of Babula's eldest son and that of Bira or Muktikanta, Mita's husband.

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The Patis of Balasore
3 GENERATIONS-Sunya Nani, Sarada and Abhilash

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The Patis of Balasore
Popu's son.

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The Patis of Balasore
Abhilas in a different karma.

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The Patis of Balasore

The Patis of Balasore
Mita and Bira Babu's eldest daughter

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The Patis of Balasore
Muna's daughter.

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The Patis of Balasore
Mita's second daughter.

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The Patis of Balasore
Bapi's son as Bramhachari.

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The Patis of Balasore
Bapi_Alaka's 2nd son.

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The Patis of Balasore

The Patis of Balasore
Abhilash- 1st son of Bapi. He underwent the sacred thread ceremony.

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The Patis of Balasore
Muna-Sharada's daughter

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The Patis of Balasore
Mita's 3rd daughter

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The Patis of Balasore
Miku-Babula's second son.

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The Patis of Balasore
Mita is the only daughter of Sunya Nani and Manu Goin. She is happily married and stays at Soro in her husband's ancestral home. Blessed with 3 daughters, Mita's eldest daughter has been married and Mita has become a grand-ma.

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This Mausi on the left is the part-time house-maid but has a very strong bonding with Mama. Mama is all smiles posing with Mausi and her daughter.

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Niyati's garden on 5th June 2005. The summer of 2005 will be a memorable one. During our 24 years stay in Rourkela the summer never felt so severe but then it was not only Rourkela but the whole of the State of Orissa has experinced the same thing. The monsoon was delayed and still not arrived even in coastal districts till this blog was being written but Niyati took all the pains to care for her plants in her small garden.

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The Patis of Balasore
Last bohu of Patis. The only onw who stays at Balasore with the Patis and takes care of them on a day to day basis and makes her husband Popu proud.

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Mama and Bibhuti

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Bijoy, Bapu/Sudhir and Samali

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Kabita with her son Bapu.Both are close family members and share a lot along with Bijoy with our family.

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The Patis of Balasore
Popu Babau- the fifth son of Patis. He is in politics.

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The Patis of Balasore
Muna- the fourth son of Patis.

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The Patis of Balasore
Sharada the fourth bohu of Patis with her son.

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The Patis of Balasore

The Patis of Balasore
Alaka is the third bohu of Patis. Her and Babpi's first son was undergoing bratopanayan.

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Laxmi and Samali in garden

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Samali for a different occasion.

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Neighbours with Mama.

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Sudhir

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Bitu

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Sudhir is Bijoy's son and computer-crazy. Here he poses with his father and Sama.

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Bitu-this hyperactive but extremely intelligent child of Shilu and Lily poses with his grandpa.

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Naru arrived with Lipu for a day and stayed for a day. Here he poses with Mama.

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Naru arrived on 9th June and stayed with us for a day. Poses with Mama.

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The Patis of Balasore
Bapi- third son of Manu Goin and Sunya Nani after a bath on the day of his eldest son's sacred thread ceremony.
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The Patis of Balasore
Trupti is Kati's wife and Patis' second daughter-in-law. She works as a lecturer in Snaskrit and here she is MATA for the brotopanayan.
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The Patis of Balasore
Kati Babu- second son of Patis e.g. Monu Goin and Sunya Nani. Kati styed with us for 7 years during his student days at Rourkela. An unassuming person this man takes life as it comes and has no regrets. In his formal dress as the PITA in the brataghara.
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The Patis of Balasore
Manju- she's the eldest daughter-in-law of Monu Goin and Sunya Nani- Now lives with in Hyderabad with her husband Babula and two sons. On the day of the sacred thread ceremony of Bapi's son at Bhubaneswar.
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The Patis of Balasore
Sunya Nani

The Patis of Balasore

Manoranjan Pati and his wife Sunya Nani came into my life after my marriage to the later's youngest sister. The Patis are blessed with five sons and one daughter- all of them married and employed. Manu Gain after retirement now lives a spartan life at Balsore the coastal town in Orissa. This family is overtly popular with all their relations because of their hospitality and warmth. The pictures to follow are from this falily.
Manu Gain