Paralakhemundi,(Tarini Prasad Panda):Renowned owner of oldest Purnachandra Press,Umakant Dash died.He felt heart stroke & yesterday he lost his last breath.He independently started from small press to bring as power press.Long decades he had a great beliefs & grit over his customers to restore services of all ordered printing works.Besides that he was a great devotee of Lord Jaganath.Not a single evening he ever missed Arati of Lord Jagannath.He was 75.He left his 2 sons Nilamadhab who is serving as SI Police,Durgamadhab (nick name Kalia)is looking after the press & 2 daughters with aggrieved wife.His sister Gita Dash is the Principal of Sri Aurobindo Integral Education(SAIE)at Paralakhemundi.He was under treatment at Vijayanagar at his daughter’s guidance.A fortnight back he returned home.
On his sad demise Binod Chandra Jena,Purnachandra Mahapatra,Bhagabat Padhi, Bichitrananda Bebarta, Manmohan Rajguru,S Shyamsundar Gantayet, Laxminarayan Rath,Gourahari Patnaik,Aurobindo Dash,all teaching staff of SAIE & devotees of Lord Jaganath temple conveyed their condolences to grief family members & prayed tribute to departed soul.
