Pali maestros osiyanasiyana olembedwa m'derali ngati Sarala Das amene analemba Mahabharata, Chandi Purana ndi Vilanka Ramayana. Opanga ena amakono ndi Arjuna Das amene analemba Rama-Bibha, ndakatulo yaitali. Nthawi zambiri, boma limagwiritsa ntchito zolemba zamasamba a kanjedza polemba nthano ndi zolemba zakale, koma makina osindikizira oyamba adakhazikitsidwa kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1800.
Bodha Dayini woyamba Magazini yovomerezeka ku Odia chinenero chinasindikizidwa kuchokera ku Balasore, mzinda wa m'chigawo cha 1861. Amwenyewa ali ndi udindo wokulitsa ndi kukulitsa chikhalidwe, chikhalidwe ndi zolemba zolemba, kuti apitirire mbali zosiyana. The pepala loyamba la Odia, ndi Utkal Deepika idasindikizidwa motsogozedwa ndi Gouri Sankar Ray ndi Bichitrananda.
Otchuka nyimbo zachikhalidwe of the state are Jogi Gita, Kendara Gita, Dhuduki Badya, Prahallada Nataka, Palla, Sankirtan, Mogal Tamasa, Gitinatya, Kandhei Nacha, Kela Nacha, Ghoda Nacha, Danda Nacha and Daskathia.
Zochitika za chikhalidwe ndi zosangalatsa zimapangidwira m'makachisi, zomwe zimatsimikizira kuti zikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe cha gawo la India ndi kusiyana kwa chigawo kumalukidwa mozama, ndipo zikuchitika lero.Mahari Dance, Jhumair and Pala ndi zina mwazofunikira zovina mitundu ya Odisha. Boma ndi lolemera pankhani ya masewero ndi maphunziro a chikhalidwe, komanso amakhulupirira kuti amawapititsa kumadera osiyanasiyana.
Zakudya zina zabwino komanso zonyambita pakamwa ndi Chena Poda, Rasgulla (imodzi mwazakudya zotchuka kwambiri ku India, zomwe amakhulupirira kuti zidachokera ku Bengal), pudding mpunga, kheeri (kheer).
Mavalidwe achikhalidwe ndi mapangidwe a boma ndi Dhoti, Kurta ndi Gamucha. Mbadwa ndi nzika zimavala pa zikondwerero, zochitika zachipembedzo komanso zochitika zonse zofunika pamoyo. Akazi amakonda kuvala Sari, Sambalpuri Sari, Kapena Shalwar kameez. Ngakhale chikhalidwe chakumadzulo chikukula m'madera akumidzi ndipo zovala zawo zikukhala zotchuka.
Magawo asanu ofunikira molingana ndi zigawo za morphological ndi Zigwa Zam'mphepete mwa nyanja, mapiri, mapiri, mapiri, mapiri ndi zigwa. The Mahanadi ndi imodzi mwa mitsinje yofunika kwambiri m'boma ndi dziko.