MELAKA PERHAPS WAS FOUNDED BY ORISSA’S FORGOTTEN PRINCE HAMVIRA

Subhas Chandra Pattanayak
Melaka is a popular word in Oriya. It means compatibility or reconciling. Members of Oriya nation usually arrange marriages of their daughters and sons by making a melaka of their respective horoscopes to foresee as to how far they would be compatible if married. If melaka is perfect, it is said, MELAKA PADICHHI [...]