ଆମ କଟକ · a thousand years old, and we remember all of it
KATAKA DARSHAN · THE CITY MAP
Every corner has a story.
Tap a pin and the city tells you what it was like back then and what it is like now. Or hop on the rickshaw and let it take you around. The map changes with the era.
A DAY IN CUTTACK
A day in 1987.
THE PURANA ALBUM
From grandfather’s trunk.
Real photographs of Cuttack, from an 1844 sketch-book portrait to last year’s railway station, all from Wikimedia Commons. Tap one to look closer. The oldest ones are older than the Barabati stadium, the High Court and your grandfather’s grandfather.
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ONLY IF YOU WERE THERE
Things every Cuttacki knew.
KATAKA KHAJA
The menu never changed. Thank God.
GITA GHARA · THE SONG SHELF
Khoka Bhai on the radio.
Akshaya Mohanty, “Khoka Bhai”, wrote and sang the songs Cuttack hums without noticing. Pick a tape. The shelf follows the dial, and the TV in the corner plays it.
Songs play from YouTube uploads by their channels, credited on each tape. We do not host any music.
BALI JATRA · KARTIK PURNIMA
The city sets sail on the Mahanadi.
Every Kartik Purnima, Cuttack remembers the Odia sailors who crossed the sea to Bali, Java and beyond. Paper boats at dawn, the fair on the river bank, and thunka puri the size of your head.
Counting down to Kartik Purnima, 24 Nov 2026. Check your panjika for the exact tithi.
SECRET WORDS
Type a word. The city answers.
Type any of these anywhere on the page, or tap one. There are a couple more hidden. Every true Cuttacki will guess them.