Akwai maestros na adabi daban-daban daga yankin kamar Sarala Da wanda ya rubuta Mahabharata, Chandi Purana da Vilanka Ramayana. Sauran masu yin wannan zamani sune Arjuna Da wanda ya rubuta Rama-Bibha, doguwar waka. Gabaɗaya, jihar ta yi amfani da rubutun ganyen dabino don rubuta tatsuniyoyi da ƙwararrun adabi, amma an kafa na'urar bugu ta farko a farkon shekarun 1800.
Bodha Dayini na farko Mujallar hukuma a cikin Odia An buga harshe daga Balasore, wani birni a cikin jihar a cikin 1861. ’yan asalin ƙasar ne ke da alhakin haɓakawa da faɗaɗa dabi'un al'adu, gargajiya da adabi, don dorewar abubuwan da suka bambanta. The farkon Odia takarda, da Utkal Deepika An buga a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Gouri Sankar Ray da Bichitrananda.
Shahararren kiɗan jama'a na jihar sune Jogi Gita, Kendara Gita, Dhuduki Badya, Prahallada Nataka, Palla, Sankirtan, Mogal Tamasa, Gitinatya, Kandhei Nacha, Kela Nacha, Ghoda Nacha, Danda Nacha da Daskathia.
An haɓaka al'amuran al'adu da ayyukan nishaɗi a cikin haikali, wanda ya kammala cewa dabi'u da al'adun yankin Indiya da bambance-bambancen yanki suna da zurfi sosai, kuma ana yin su a yau.Mahari Dance, Jhumair da Pala wasu mahimman nau'ikan rawa na Odisha ne. Jihar na da arziki a fagen wasan kwaikwayo da ilimin al'adu, kuma ta yi imani da fadada su zuwa wurare daban-daban.
Wasu kayan dadi masu kyau da lasar baki sune Chena Poda, Rasgulla (daya daga cikin shahararrun kayan zaki a Indiya, wanda aka yi imanin ya samo asali a Bengal), shinkafa shinkafa, kheeri (kheer).
Salon suturar gargajiya da kuma salo Daga cikin jihohin akwai Dhoti, Kurta da Gamucha. 'Yan kasar da 'yan kasa suna sanya su a lokacin bukukuwa, lokutan addini da kuma dukkanin muhimman al'amuran rayuwa. Mata sun fi son sakawa Sari, Sambalpuri Sari, Ko Shalwar kameez. Ko da yake al'adun yammacin duniya na tasowa a cikin 'yan asalin jihar kuma kayan su na zama sananne.
Mahimman sassa guda biyar bisa ga yankuna morphological sune Filayen Gabas, duwatsu, tsaunuka, plateau, tudu da filayen ambaliya. The Mahanadi daya ne daga cikin manyan koguna na jiha da kasa baki daya.