Orissa Culture Center

Orissa Culture Center (OCC) is a registered non-profit US corporation with a tax exempt organization status of 501 (C)(3) with IRS TAX ID 26-3299269. OCC derives its name from a small state on the east coast of India called Orissa (now renamed to pre-British period era, Odisha), famous for its cultural heritage. Many of its architectural sites are in the UN World Heritage catalogue. The vision of the organization is enshrined in its mission statement: OCC will be a unique charitable, educational and cultural art organization in the US that will offer center of excellence to foster Oriya culture, heritage and tradition to all citizens in the Greater Houston metropolitan areas and beyond, while inculcating rich Oriya cultural values to the children and grand-children of the people of Oriya origin. It will seek to foster cultural bondage between the people of Orissa and all residents in general and of Oriya origin in particular in North America.