Local favourite Satyajit Pratihari was adjudged `Mr Eastern India` after he won the title in the above 80kg weight class of the Eastern India Bodybuilding Championship at Puri today. Altogether 137 bodybuilders from 10 states of Easter India participated in the championship.

Puri MLA Maheswar Mohanty inaugurated the championship. Orissa Amateur Bodybuilders Association secretary Prasanna Kumar Mahasuara and Puri district association chief Satya Narayan Mohanty were present on the occasion.

Results (All Orissa competitors):
55kg class: 1. Arjun Singh, 2. S K Rao, 3. Tapas Haldar. 65kg class: 1. Laxmi Narayan Pratihari. 70kg class: 1. Balakrushna Bag, 3. Bikash Sahoo. 75kg class: 1. Satya Ranjan Behera. 80kg class: 3. Ranjan Mohanty. Master category (above 50 years): 1. Ashok Mohapatra.