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On the 5th morning the train reached
Srikakulam , hot water for bath and break fast were ready for all.
After Palasa's meeting the train stopped
at Berhampur of Orissa . Lunch was served at 11 am. Later, the train
without stopping anywhere reached Bhuvaneshwar at 3pm.
The former C.M. of Orissa and the
reception committee chairman Mr.Patnaik , Orissa's C.M. Pren Mithra , Orissa's
Congress president Bejanpani and Lal Bhagadhur Sastri received Kamaraj . To
denote the 68th meeting rifles were shot for 68 times.
Lakhs of people gathered at the ground
before the railway station to see Kamaraj. Leaders Kamaraj , Patnaik and Prem
Mithra were taken in procession in a open car. 1500 volunteers marched behind
the car. 2 lakhs people went behind them,. The procession of INC leader
started.
Before the procession went , the Orchestra
, the Orissa's famous traditional dance march. The procession reached Gobandh
Nagar at 5.30 pm after crossing a distance of 3 miles. Kamaraj garlanded Thyagi
Late Uthkalmani Gobandh's statue and paid homage to him. Later the procession
reached the conference stage.
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