Orissa celebrates India’s win
April 3rd, 2011 - 1:31 am ICT by IANSBhubaneswar, April 3 (IANS) Hundreds of cricket lovers in Orissa Saturday night took to the streets, burst firecrackers, waved the national flag and danced to celebrate India’s cricket World Cup win.
Hundreds of youth in state capital Bhubaneswar danced on the streets with faces painted in the colours of the national flag.
“It was a great day. India has won the World Cup again after a wait for 28 years,” Ramani Ranjan, a cricket fan, told IANS.
In the southern town of Berhampur, many cricket lovers visited temples and broke coconuts before the deities.
People from all walks of life were seen hugging each other, singing, dancing with joy in the other cities of the state.
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