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Rasagola Dibasa

Odisha's rasagola day, on Niladri Bije, when Jagannath offers rasagola to Lakshmi to be let back into the Puri temple.

Rasgullas from the Indian states of Odisha and Bengal. The Odisha rasgullas (left), from the Pahala village, are creamish and softer. The Bengali rasgullas (right) are whitish and spongy.
Photo: User:Utcursch , based on images, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cheeses for Rasagola Dibasa

Rasagola Dibasa has been marked in Odisha since 2015 on Niladri Bije, the day that closes the Rath Yatra in Puri. In the temple legend, Lakshmi is annoyed that Jagannath went on his chariot journey without her, and she shuts the temple door; he wins his way back in by offering her rasagola. The Odia rasagola, which received a geographical indication in 2019, is softer and creamier than the Bengali rasgulla and is often slightly brown from the cooking of the syrup. Sweet shops in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Pahala, the village on the highway known for its sweets, are busy all day.

The cheeses

ChhenaThe fresh curd cheese that every rasagola is made from.
About this page

Written by the EveryCheese desk with AI assistance. Background: "Rasgulla" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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