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After the end of Mughal period the Marathas exercised their power in Orissa. Being Hindus they had a great respect for Lord Jagannath. They took a special interest in the temple dministration of Lord Jagannath. In the time of Maratha rule there was no need to shift Jagannath from the temple to a secret area …
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Dharmananda Kosambi in his book “Bhagawan Buddha” has written that the Sakyas and Buddha belonged to Aditya clan who were of solar origin. Sakyas belonged to the Aditya clan. As quoted in Suttanipata, Buddha himself has said the following: “Adichcha nama gottena Sakiya nama jatiya Tamhakula pabbajitomhi na kame abhipatthayam” Suttanipata Translated into English it …
Goutam went from Kapilavastu to Devadaha (Gobindapur) and then to Keshaputta(Keshapur) and Dharmasila (Dharmasala). Then he went through the present Jajpur Road and crossed Anandapur, Keonjhargarh, Champua, Chainbasa, Kharasuan and reached Rajagriha in Magadha. While he was wandering aimlessly he had met Bimbisara, the Emperor of Magadha in Rajagriha. When Bimbisara, the Emperor saw him …
Suddhodan, the father of Buddhadeva was earlier known as the King of the Lumbini region of which Kapilavastu was the capital. The Sakya dynasty was actually never a great dynasty and Suddhodana was the son of a small estate owner or a Zamindar as described by Dharmananda Kosambi in his book “Bhagaban Buddha” at P.131. …
Goutam later known as the Buddha was born to father Suddhodana and mother Mahamaya (Maya Devi) in Kapilavastu, which was the capital of Lumbini estate in the then Kalinga empire in the year 569 BC. Now Kapilavastu is known as Kapileswar, which has become a part of Bhubaneswar old town. In the year 550 BC, …
History Of Odisha News Bureau(03/07/2021): An archaeological dig at Durgadevi village in the coastal Balasore district uncovered three continuous and systematic stages of cultural evolution spanning 2,000 years, from 2000 BC to 100 BC. The village’s Chalcolithic phase (2000–1000 BC), Iron Age (1000–400 BC), and Early Historic period (400–200 BC) traces were discovered during an …
Read moreA 4,000-year-old settlement was discovered in Odisha during an excavation
Akshyarasila village under Balanda village panchayat is about five km from Bahadaposhi junction in Barkot block of Deogarh district. There is a legendary or historical opinion on the naming of this literal village. According to historical records, as the village was on the banks of the Brahmani river, Buddhist monks used to travel from Nalanda …
The history of Odia language movement for saving it from the onslaught carried-out by Bengali Babu’s and it’s promotion and the creation of separate Odisha Province on linguistic basis is a romance in the history of Odisha. Odisha was dismembered after the British occupation in 1803 A.D. into three separate tracts known as Odisha division …
Read moreRole of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo in the Odia Language Movement