Study on the Cultural Heritage of Bargarh District

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Vaijal Dev ,son of Vastarajadev , the Raja of Patna ,caused the erection of the temple onthe hill of Gandhamardan and presented a necklace of precious stone along with 100

cows to the God Vidala Narasimha. He also granted to the priest of the temple formaintenance of worship some land situated on the locality known as Adimereda andVarilo nala and a mango grove known as Rapanga lying in the vicinity of Loisinga. Thegift was made on Friday full moon day of Chaitra , The moon remaining at HastaNakshyatra in the year Vikari .

The Temple inscription of Nrusinghanatha

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Somavansi kingdom, perhaps during the time of

Tivaradeva, was in the flourishing state. Next,his marriage with Vasata, the daughter ofSuryavarman was also considered auspicioussince the matrimony alliance with the Mankhansfurther enhanced the power and prestige of theSomavansi. There is an inscription of Chauhanking Vaijal Dev of Patna, installed on the Mandapawall of Narasinghanath Temple. It is an Oriyainscription and it is reading of Binayak Mishra (15)

is published, whose English translation goesthus:-Vaijaladeva, son of Vatsaraja Deva, the

Temple inscription of Nrusinghanath Temple

Raja of Patna, caused the erection of the templeon the hill Gandhamardan and presented anecklace of precious stones along with 100 cowsto the God vidala Narasingha. He also granted to

the priest of the temple for maintenance ofworship some lands situated in the locality knownas Adinerate and Varilonala and mango groveknown as Rapanga lying in the vicinity ofLohasingha. The gift was made on Friday, thefull moon day of Chaitra, the moon remaining inthe Hasta Naksatra in the year Vikari. The objectof the donor in making the gift was to have a sonthrough propitiation of God, The text wascomposed by Agha.While coming onconservation of this temple, the State Archaeologydept. of Orissa did clearance of the lime plaster

of this temple. To surprise, the original shape of

the stone temple of pancha ratha Kalinga styleof temple architecture, with body (Gandi) designsand decorations like the famous Lingaraj templeof Bhubaneswar, was exposed. So, it isarchaeologically sure, that the standing templebelongs to 12th century A.D. Because of this, theauthor had done a comparative study and hadcome to the conclusion that the standingNarsinghnath Temple was constructed byBrahmadeva (16) and originally a Kalachuristructure. G.R. Bhandarkar had discovered a

statue in 1914 of a Royal figure standing withprana mundra, flanked by two lady attendantson either sides. No crown is found on the headand Jata mukuta is found. The author hadidentified it as the statue alias figure ofBrahmadeva, the feudatory chief of Talahari-mandala of Kalachuri empire. It is now installedat the eastern door of the main NarsinghnathTemple.Further N.K. Sahu had discovered aHorse rider sculpture there in 1964, which is nowinstalled near the enter are steps. It is a SATISTONE. Such horse rider sculpture is discoveredby the author on the right bark of Udanti river,with in Sinapali Block area of Nuapada districtwithin Dumenbahal village area and preserved


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Statue of Vaijal Dev at

Narsinghnath temple

was first discover by

Dr.G.R bhandarkar in

the year 1904 &

another statue of King

Vaijal Dev was

discover by Dr Nabin

Kumar Sahu in 1964 .

A copper plate was found at villageBanda (Barpali Block) . The Chatter was issuedfrom Vagharkotta by Ranka Parachakrasalyawho was the son of Dhvamsaka and grand sonof Mahamandaleswara Mahamandalika RanakaChamaravigraha . Parachakrasalya claim to havebelong to Rastrakuta royal family . He wasrullingin Sambalpur . Thiscopper plate indicates theRastrakula Rule in Sambalpur and Bargarh areaduring 12th century

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in Khariar palace musear.These findings definitely

proves the standing Temple to have beenconstructed by the Kalachuris or one of their sub-chies alias Officer. Chauhan King Vaijal Dev-I ofPatna, Seems to have rebuilt the Mandapa aliasJagamohana which had collapsed on faller.

RATNA BHANDARIn recent

years excavationsand conservationsare taken up atSirpur (ancient

SRIPURA) site ofC h h a t i s g a r hprovinces, on rightbank of Mahanadi,which was capital ofSouth Kosala for aconsiderable period.Dr. Ajay Mitra

Shastri (18) informs that a hoard of nine sets ofcopper plates of the Pandavam king SivaguptaBalarjuna was found accidentaly while digging asmall mount at Sirpur (ancient SRIPURA) inRaipur district of Madhya Pradesh (PresentChhatisgarh) in April 1987. He is now depositedwith the Archeology dept. at Raipur. All the setswhich have been found together with their sealsand rings (either attahes or separately) are incisedon three plates. This is indeed a very importantdiscovery in the history of Panduvansin epigraphyand sheds welcome light on the politico-religionshistory of South Kosala. The records are yet tobe published in detail. These copper-plates are

in various stages of study, reading and

publication. On 1st January 2007, the author ladthe opportunity of meeting scholar professor Dr.Krishna Chandra Jha of Jagdalpur atBhawanipatna. Sri Jha informed the author thatin one of the reading of the newly discoveredcopper plates of Maha Sivagupta Balarjuna, thepresent site of Bargarh is named as RATNABHANDAR. After publications more details willbe known. This proves that the present site ofBargarh was flourishing with wealth, pomp andgrandeur, with is vastness, splendoror of

appearance, lattiness of thought or deportment,during the ruling period of MahasivaguptaBatarjuna where ruling period is assigned withinCirca. 595-655 A.D. by Nema (19). While givingthe estimate of Mahasivagupta Batarjuna,S.R.Nema (20) states Mahasivagupta Balarjuna,by him liberal attitude towards all Religions, wasa king of eclectic ideas. Being an ardent followerof Saivism, he settled in his Kingdom faoundSaiva-actaryas e.g. Sadasiva Charya, Lailingfrom Anardaka and Prathan-acharya fromPanchayanya tapavana in Daitavana whopreached the doctrine of Pasupatadharma. Hismother, Vasanti was devoted to Vaisnava faith.Further, his liberal donations to Buddhist viharasand his respect for Buddhist Teachers apparentlyshows the existence of religions harmony in hisregiod. Besides this, as remarked by Dr. Dikshit(Sirpum and Rajim Temples, by M.G. Dikshit,P-18) his reign constitutes the Golden period inthe art of Maha Kosala and the many cities alongthe banks of Mahanadi were centers of creativeactivity. The erection of brick-built temples and


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According to famous Royal poet KabirajGopinath Sarangi who mentions that

there are 18 garh and 13 Dandapatas inSambalpur Kingdom . But he did not disclose thenames of 13 Dandapata. Kabiraj GopinathSarangi lived during the period of former rulerMaharaja Chhatra Sai of Sambalpur Accordingto Sri Sibaprasad Dash writer of Sambalpur ItihasThe than Sambalpur kingdom mainly divided intwo region .i.e. Uttartir ( North side of RiverMahanadi or present Sambalpur town ) &Dakhintir (South side of River Mahanadi or

present Bargarh Sabdivision .Major Dandapata ofDhakhintir (present Bargarh subdivision) Barpali (98sq mile main town Barpali ) ,Patkulunda (6 sq mile maintown Patakulunda) Baseikela (33sq mile main townBheden ) Pahadsrigida (17 sq mile main townPahadasirgida) Antardol (main town Antardol) Kharsal(28 sq mile main town Kharsal) Mundomahul (7 sqmile main town Mundomahul & Uttalabaisi (83 sq milemain town Bijepur ) In the begening Bijepur zamidariwas not under the control of the king Sambalpur . TheZamindari of Borasambar was the largest zamidarihaving an area of 841 sq miles.

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quarter at present. According to the Gazetter (23)

the original name of the place was Baghar Kotaas know from an inscription of the 11th centuryA.D. It was called Bargarh probably from the timeof Balaram Dev, the first Chauhan Raja ofSambalpur, who made it for some time his headquarters and constructed a Big Fort for itsprotection. Narayan Singh, the last Chauhan Rajagrated this place in Maufi (free hold) to twoBrahmin brothers Krushna Das and Narayan Dassons of Baluki Dash, who was killed in action bythe Gond rebels led by Bandya Ray and

Mohapatra Ray. The grant is popularly know asthe Sirkata grant.

It is know from the Genealogical recordsof Khariar Darbar, as maintained by late PatayetSibanarayan Deo (24) that the second ChauhanMaharaya of Sambalpur was Hrudaya NarayanDeb. He was blessed with four sons named (1)Balabhadra Sai-I, (2) Binayak Sai (3) Jai Sai and(4) Ghasi Sai. The eldest sone, Yubraj BalabhadraSai-I succeeded to the Gadi of Sambalpur afterthe death of his father. The second son Binayak

Sai was given the territory of Dhama formaintenance and the last two sons named JaiSai and Ghasi Sai were given Bargarh territoryfor their maintenance. It seems the genealogy ofJai Sai and Ghasi Sai became extinct and theBargarh territory went back to the SeniorSambalpur Rajas territory, Therefore the lastChauhan Maharaja was able to grant this area totwo Brahmin brothers Krushna Dash andNarayan Dash.No doubt this area had given birthto two illustrious sons named Siba Prasad Dashand Anirudha Dash, born in the adjoining Rohinia

village to the south of present Bargarh town. The

major sites connected with the cultural heritageof Bargarh District may be illustrated in serialalphabetically thus:-(1) AMBABHONAAmbabhona village is situated at distance of 40kms. to the north of Bargarh. It was a fortifiedplace in the days of Chauhan Rajas of Sambalpur,where the remains of old fort are still surviving.Stone temple dedicated to Kedarnath Siva isfound there. It is regarded as one of the eightSiva temples constructed by Dhakshin Rai, the

Dewan of Chahan Raja Ajit Singh of Sambalpur.Kedarnath temple is located in site a tank withbeautiful forest back ground and reveals highstandard of Chauhan architecture.(2) BARPALI

Barpali is located on the StateHighway No.2 running from Bargarh toBorigumma. It is at a distance of 19 kms soughtof Bargarh.Barpali was the head quarter of anEstate. It is dated back to the regn of MaharajaBaliar Singh, the fifth Chauhan descendant of

Sambalpur, who assigned it as a maintenancegrant to his son Bikram Singh.It is usuallyaccepted that Narayan Singh, the last Maharajaof Sambalpur wasdescendant of Bikram Singh.In The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide andGazetters, Vol-II, 1941, P-313 it is mentionedthat an old man Narayan Singh who was an uncleof the Chauhan Zamindar Bhawani Singh ofBarpali was installed to the Gadi of Sambalpurin 11th October 1833 A.D. This informationof English record is completely wrong, becausegrant politics were done during English regine to


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Major H. B. Impey , the than Deputy

commissioner of Sambalpur stated in

his Notes on The Garjat State of Patna

(submitted on dated 29 May 1863 ) there were

18 garhs in the districts. The names og these

eighteen garhs are Sambalpur, Patna , Sonepur,

Khariar, Baudh , Athamallik , Rairakhol ,

Bamanda, Bonai, Gangpur, Raigarh, Sarangarh,

Chanderpore, Bindra-Nuagarh, Sakti, Phuljhar,

Borasambar and Bargarh ,

The Samaleswari Temple of Sambalpur &Barpali represents the finest Chauhan style ofcircumbulation round the sanctum and a pillared hallin the front constituting the porch .The main temple isslender in shape and is decorated with miniature templedesigns on all sides from the top to bottom . In betweensanctum and audience hall there is an open court yard,which admits light and air to the sanctum . The lengthand bread of the sanctum is 22 feet by 22 feet with a 6feet wide verandah in the back of two sides for parikrama. The image of Samalei is unique sculpture and appears

to be a primitive deity.

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destroy the true greatness of Indian Culture and

History (25). In the words of His Divinity DharmChakravarti Swami Prakashanand Saraswati (26)

This is the age of materialism called Kaliyug thatstarted 5,101 years ago (3102 B.C.). the effectsof Kaliyug are to despise the Divine Truth and toelevate the anti-God elements in the name ofGod. Its effects were clearly visible since the last2,500 years when Jagadguru Sankaracharyadescended in India. But in the last 200 year suchdespisatures were much greater when theEnglish regim tried to destroy the culture and

the Religion of India by all means, and duringthat time, they deliberately produced suchderogatory literatures in huge quantities thatconfused and misguided the whole World.In ourconstitution making, Government Policy, historyand education we are not yet free from the Britishadministration.To know about the trueidentification of Narayan Singh, the last ChauhanMaharaja of Sambalpur, the Durbar records ofKhariar, where the entire Genealogy of theChauhan are found, has to be peeded into(27)

.Narayan Singh was a descendant from theGauruni kept of Ratan Singh, the sixth ChauhanMaharaja of Sambalpur and therefore not qualifiedto be the Maharaja according to Hindu and localtraditions. For ready reference the detailgenealogy of Narayan Singh is given thus:-Thesixth Chauhan Maharaja Ratan Singh of

Sambalpur(FOR DETAIL VIDE:- APPENDIX)

Barpali has a large number of Temples, oldestamong which are the temple of Samaleswari builtby Bikram Singh, and the temple of Jagannath

built by Hrudaya Sai, the son of Bikram Singh.

The temple of Samaleswari with its beautifultapering tower displays the style of Chauhanarchitecture, while the Jagannath temple is builtin Orissan style.Barpali is the birth place of thefamous poet Gangadhar Meher. A beautiful smallpart is named after Lal Nruparaj Singh, one of

Gangadhar Meher

the enlightened Zamindarof Barpali. The part wasopened in 1933 by ShriNilamani Senapati,I.C.S., the then Deputy

Commissioner ofSambalpur.(3)

BHATLI

Bhatli village is situated 19 kms north ofBargarh on the Bargarh-Ambabhona road. It haslarge Brahmin and Kulta population. One beautiful

modern templededicated to

D a d h i v a m a n aVishnu is foundthere. There arebeautiful wallpaintings depictingpuranic stories insidethe temple.According toGazetteer (28), it issaid that oneParamananda Sahu


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Bargarh weekly market was theoldest & major market of

Undivided Sambalpur District , accordingto the settlement Report (1926AD) of KhanBahadur Muhammad Hamid , the thensettlement officer of Sambalpur ,he wrotethat Principal bazaar of Bargarh Tsahalis(i.e. Present Bargarh Subdivision) areBargarh , Bhukta and Jamurda , Thevolume of trade increased three to fourtimes during last 20 years ( That means

from 1900AD to 1920 AD) It has been estimatedthat 6000 to 8000 laden carts leaves Bargarh everyFriday after the weekly bazaar.At last settlementMr. Dewar noticed that only wooden sugarcanepresence in use in the villages .Now there are twofactories at Bargarh manufacturing cast ironpresses , which have reached the remotest villagesin the Bargarh subdivision .But in the Sambalpursadar subdivision the old wooden press still usedin many parts .

( Khan Bahadur Muhammad Hamid1926 AD)

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of village Gangpur in modern Sundargarh district

came to Bhatli with his family in 1900, the yearof the great famine. His family consisted ofhimself, his wife, his son and the daughter-in-law. He also brought him his family DeityDadhivamana from Gangpur and his daughter-in-law Kamala was worshipping the God.Paramananda soon became popular in Bhatliand subsequently became the Behera(Headman) of the village. As Behera he was incharge of the Sadabrata land which had beendonated by generous persons for entertainment

of pilgrims, Sanyasis and guests coming to thevillage. But the land did not produce good cropsfor some years owing to famine conditions andParamananda also was unable to maintain hisfamily as he did not not have sufficient meansof living. During days of privation, one ca largeband of wandering Monks came to Bhatli anddemanded food from Paramananda. BothParamananda and his wife could not decidewhat to do and how to satisfy the honouredguests of the village. Paramananda was greatly

upset and he left home charting the name ofDadhivamana with the hope of collecting foodfrom some generous persons.It is said that soonafter Paramananda left the place, some proxyof his came to the house and handed over thekey to his wife saying that there was some foodmaterials in the room where they used to storepaddy. He told her to entertain the Guests withthat and hurriedly left the place saying that hewill be coming back soon. The wife ofParamananda opened the room and wasastonished to see different kinds of food inside.

After sometime Paramananda came back home

greatly disappointed as he failed to arrange foodfor the revered guests. But he learnt from his wifethat the Monks were all satisfied with the richfood that was stored in the room meant for storingpaddy and she narrated how he himself handedover the key of the room to her. Paramanandacould not hold tears and weeping like a baby fellat the feet of his wife saying- You are a fortunatelady, you could see God Dadhivamana.A few

days after that, the thatched hut in which thewooden image of God Dadhivamana wasenshrined caught fire. The fire was so terrific thatall hopes of saving the Divine idol were given up.But Kamala the daughter-in-law of Paramanandawas determined to save her beloved God. Shedid not listen to the advise of others and withoutcaring for her own life rushed inside the shrinewhere from she never returned. Strangelyenough, no remains of Kamala nor of the Godcould be found from the ashes and the villagers

believed that Kamala completely merged with the

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During the British rule an internationalsocial organization named American

friends service society Barpali work in theBarpali area ,which introduced variousprogramme for the socio cultural andeconomical development of Barpali and theneighboring area .Mr.Fraser gives a detailinformation of this American friend societyin his book Culture & Change in India AFSBarpali Organize various training

programme to motivate the village workers, villagemachine, and health worker to accept theinnovation for successful implementation of thescheme. The aim of American friends servicesociety Barpali was to create Health and hygieneconciseness among the people by replacing thetraditional item or practice The major contributionof American friends service society Barpali is thepresent Barpali latrine system and modernvegetable farming .

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Kultas, when they migrated to this part of the

district from Bandh about the first part of the 16th

Century A.D. It contains a Temple of Ramachandi(Goddess Durga), which is held in greatveneration by the Kultas, whose chief families,

Famous eamachandi Temple of Kamgoun

the Bhois and Pradhans, are its prists. The templeis maintained by Muafi lands in the village.(15) KHARSAL

Kharsal village (38) is situated inthe north of Bargarh. Formerly, a Zamindars

extending over 28 sqm. Miles (73 sq. kms). Thenucleus of the Zamindari was formed in the reignof Baliar Singh, the fifth Raja of Sambalpur, bythe grant of the village of Kharsal to one UdanGond, as reward for services rendered. In 1860,the then Zamindar was hanged for having takenan active part in Surendra Sais rebellion. TheTakoli paid by the Zamindar was Rs.1,535 andhis net income was Rs.5,107. The Zamindar hadthe hereditary title of Sardar and his head quarterswas at Kanakbira.

(16) KUMBHARIKumbhari village (39) in Barpali

Police Station of Bargarh sub-division, situated8 miles (13 kms) sout of Bargarh at the junctionof Jira and Ranj rivers. There are two templeshere, one dedicated to Mahadeva (Siva) and theother to Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra.According to Kings Gazetteer (SambalpurDistrict Gazetter, 1932, by F.C. king, P-246),Kumbhari was growing the best sugarcane inthe district.

(17) KURUAN

sabda nrutya guruBhagabanaSahu

of Kumbhari

K u r u a nvillage (40) situated about 8miles (13 kms) south-east ofBargarh town. The villagewas a Muafi village held bythe Zamindar of Padampur.There is an old temple herededicated to Maheswari, alsocalled Uma. The temple is asmall tiled building, but the

Deity which is enshrined is

held in great veneration by the Hindus, especiallyby Dumals. On the eighth day of the brightfortnight of the month (i.e. Durgastami) one ofthe Dumal priests of Maheswari is believed to bepossessed by the Deity, whose spiritual influenceis shown by his violently shaking his head.Onthis day in the year, he has the privilege of takingout from the Temple two sticks (made of Mahuawood), which are said to be the sticks of the Deity,


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The AstaSambhu temples of UndividedSambalpur are I. Bimalesear Temple of Huma (2)Kedarnath temple of Ambabhona, Viswanath Temple ofDeogaon , (4) Balunkeswar Temple of Gaisama , (5)Maneswar temple of Sambalpur,(6) Swapneswar templeof Swarna ,(7) Vimaleswar temple of Soranda ,(8)Nilakantheswar temple of Niljee . Out of these eighttemple Bimalesear Temple of Huma was build by MaharajBaliyar Singh and rest of the temples were constructedduring maharaja Ajit sing and his son Avaya singh .Except Huma and Maneswar temple rest all six temple

are present inside the Bargarh District .

Bargarh seed farm come in to existence

before the Indian independence (in the

year 1944) with an area of 30 acres of land at

Rengalpali ( present Ekambra chowk) Whle

Lachida farm started in the year 1959 ( 214.33

acre ) similarly Barpali farm in the year 1948

(157.63 Acre) , Burkel Agriculture farm (47.14

Acre) in the year 1957. Gambharipali farm

(571.11 Acre) in the tear 1956, Demonstration

farm of Chakuli (45.09 Acre) in the tear 1956,

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and of washing them in the Danta river about a

mile off. While proceeding to the river with thesticks, a crowd of worshippers follow withofferings. Those who long to have children, faston this day and appear before the Dumal, whileunder the influence of the Deity. The clothes ofboth husband and wife having been tied together,they fall at the feet of the Dumal, and do not riseuntil they are asked to do so by the Deity speakingthrough his lips. They are then told whether theirprayer for offspring has been granted or not.(18) LARAMBHA

Larambha (41) is situated in AttabiraPolice-Station of Bargarh District, on theGurbhaga-Gandturum road ( a road connectingNational High way No.6 at Gurbhaga) about 25miles (40 kms) from Sambalpur and 23 miles(37 kms) from Bargarh (via Gurbhaga). Late

Brajamohan Pandafounder of Larambha College

Brajamohan Panda,an eminente d u c a t i o n i s t ,belonged to this

village.(19) PADAMPUR(RAJBORASAMBAR)

Padampur is situatedon the Sohela-KhariarRoad, 48 miles (77

kms) from Bargarh and is the head quarter ofPadampur sub-division. Formerly, it was the headquarter of the Zamindar of Borasambar, who hashis residence here.This study on the cultural

heritage of Bargarh district shows that this area

needs further surveys, excavations and theircritical studies. In recent years Diamond mineshave been traced, by the Mining departmentsurveys and the diamond mines are alreadyleased to different enterprises by Government ofOrissa.

Among the illustrious personalities ofBargarh district, mention may be made ofGauraba Brajamohan Panda, KavibhusanSwapneswar Dash , Freedom fighter ParvatiGiriPadmashri Krutartha Acharya, Padmashri

Kunjabihari Meher , Mukura Sanpadaka SahityaSebi Dayanidhi Mishra, Vice-Chancellor AcharyaParasurama Mishra , Researcher Siba PrasadDash, Lal Ranjit Singh Bariha, Kavi KhageswarSeth, freedom fighter Prabhabati Devi ,Bhagabana Meher, Rsearcher Prahalad Pradhan,Dibya Kishor Sahu, Abhimanyu Debta, Freedomfighter Madhav Sathua, Social Worker KavirajSatyabadi Dash Biswakasen Mishra, Samaj SeviBalukeswar Mishra, Bhagiratha Patnaik,Jambubati Devi, Dr. Nabin Kumar Sahu, Madan

Mohan sahu , Alekha Patra, PadmalochanGadatia,Doctor Krupa sindhu Bhoi, ShashiBhusan Mishra , Barpali Raja Lal Nruparaj Singh,Freedom Fighter Fakira Behera, Samaj SebiBidhayaka Bisi Bibhar, Sangrami MangaluPradhan, Sabda Nrutyaguru Bhagavana Sahu,Gananath Pradhan, Bhabani Sankar Pradhan,Birabara Dash, Prafulla Pattnaik, Birabara Sahu, Bijepur Zamindar Tulashi Charan Gartia ,Debarchan Bhoi, Anirudha Dash, Pandit RaghabaMishra, Bhagirathi Pujari, Sashibhusan Mishra,, Dr. Gangadhar Guru, Dr. J.K.Sahu, Ananda


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From the early record it was known

that due to crop failure and insufficient

rain famine occurs in the Sambalpur region in

the year 1834, At that time rice export was

restricted and rice rose to 8 to 10 seer (7.46 Kg.

to 9.33 Kg.) per rupee . There was again scarcity

in 1845 AD but the rate of rice remain steady at

54 seer (50.38 kg.) per rupee .During the Orissa

great famine Na Anka in 1877-78 Sambalpur

suffers a lot .In 1886 AD Sambalpur face again

a crop failure and the rate of rice goes up to 19

seer ( 17.2Kg.) per rupee .Again a famine occur in the

year 1897 & 1900 .which breaks the financial back bone

of the Sambalpur region .Famine of 1900 AD was the

first real famine and hitherto to the only famine of

Sambalpur ,which showed in a striking manner the

dependence of the people on the rice crop and danger of

a pre mature cessation of the monsoon .In 1899 till the

middle of August ( until 19th August 1899) 38.72 inches

of rainfall recorded at Sambalpur & 30.93 inches at

Bargarh . After this rain stopped complexly causing this

great famine

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Acharya, Narayan Pruseth, Radhaballav Mishra

, Educationalist Dr. Nanda kishor Dash, ProfessorNetrabandhu Pradhan , Lokakabi Haladhara Nag, Kabi Kunja Bihari , Oriya Novelist Dayalal Joshi, Dr Kesaba Chandra Meher ,ProfessorNetrananda Pujhari ,Natyacharjya HarekrishnaPujhari , NrutyaGuru Radhe shyam Dash , AdvGunanidhi Dash, Kosali Poet Gopal KrishnaMishra Journalist Surendra Hota, LambodarDash, Krushna Chandra Bhoi, Trinath PrasadTripathy, Shankar Ballav Mishra, Ashok KumarMishra, Dr.Radhakrisha Viswakarma, Dr. Purna

Chandra Sastri ,Noted tye & dye artist SurendraMeher,Teracotta artist Manabodh Rana and thereare many talents which are doing their respectiveworks in Bargarh District. REFERENCE1 Sing Deo. J.P Some Tantric Esotericism of Orissa ,R.N

,Bhatacharya ,Kolkata 2003 p,3102 Patel Dr.C.B DYNESTRIC HISTORY OF NALAS

Pruthwi Pustak Kolkata 19903 Tiwari Dr.S.P COMPERHENSIVE HISTORY OF

ORISSA (Dakshina Kosala under the Saravapyruyas)Pruthwi Pustak Kolkata 1985 pp 29-99 vide map forthe extent of the territory of Saravapyruya kingdom .

4 Mahanty Bata krishna (state editor) Orissa Districtgazetteers, Sambalpur , chief editor Senapati Nilamani

Cuttack 1971P 5245 Febri C.L History of the Art of Orissa , Orient Longmanltd, Kolkata 1974 plate XV.

6 (i)Sing Deo J.P , Cultyral Profile of South Kosala ,Gyan Publishing house New Delhi ,1987 pp 66-67(ii) Mitra Rajendrabala The Sanskrit Buddhist Litretureof Nepal , Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar , reprint 1971 P.20

7 Febri ,C.L op wt 1974 P 358 Tiwari Dr.S.P op wt Kolkata 1985 Figure 99 Archeological Survey of India report Vol XIII passion10 King,F.C Sambalpur District Gazetteer 1932, P24811 Mishra Sangeeta Narsinghnath Temple

Architecture Reference to ORISSA (Century Edition)ed Tiwari A.N Enterprising publishers 3rd edition 2005pp 163-164

12 Ibid., P 167

13 Ibid., Rajguru S.N, Inscription of Orissa Vol IVBhubaneswar 1966 P 70

14 Nema Dr.S.R Political History of the Somabansi Kingof South Kosala And Orissa , Oriental PublishersDistributors New Delhi 1978 P 121

15 Narasinghanath Stone Inscription of Vaijaladeva ByBinayaka Mishra in Indian Historical Quarterly edited byNarendra Nath Law , Vol XII No I March 1936 passion

16 (i) Singh Deo J.P, :Temple of Narasinghanath is aKalachuri Structure The Orissa Historical ResearchJournal Vol XXVII Nos 1-4 Pp 100-115.(ii) Sing Deo J.P , Some Tantric esotericism of Orissa ,R.N.Bhatacharya , Kolkata 2003 Pp 337-354(iii) Sing Deo J.P , Cultural Profile of South Kosala ,Gyan publishing house 1987 Pp 340-342

17 Mahanty B ( state editor) Orissa District Gazetteers ,Sambalpur , Cuttack Vide plates

18 Sastri Dr Ajaya Mishra Incriptions Of the SaravapuriyasPanduvansisian and Somavamsis Part II Indian Counsilof Historical research , New Delhi and Motilal Banarasi

Dass Delhi 1995 pp 376 -37919 Nena Dr S.R op. ut, 1978 P 12820 Ibid 1978 PP 138-13921 Inscriptions Of Orissa Vol XXX PP 135-140 and P 13622 Panigrahi Dr, K.C History of Orissa ( Hindu Period) Kitab

Mahal Cuttack 1981 P 14723 Mahanty B (state editor) Orissa District Gazetteers ,

Sambalpur Cuttack 1971 P 51024 Singh Deo J.P Archeology of Orissa : With special

reference to Nuapada and Kalahandi . R.N BhatacharyaKolkata 2006 P 226 & Appendix III

25 Rajaram , Navaratna S The Politics of History , Voice ofIndia , New Delhi 1995 Passion

26. Saraswati , swami Prakashananda The True History andReligion of India , Motilal Banarasidass Delhi 2001 P,31

27. Singh Deo .J.P Archeology of Orissa : With SpecialReference to Nuapada and Kalahandi , R.N.BhattacharyaKolkata 2006 Appendix III and PP 226-227

28. Mahanty B (State Editor) Orissa District Gazetteers ,Sambalpur , Cuttack 1971 PP 513-515

29 . Ibid., 1971 P.31530 Ibid., 1971 P 516-51731 Ibid., 1971 P 51832 Ibid., 1971 P 52033 Ibid., 1971 P 52134 Ibid., 1971 P 522-52335 Ibid., 1971 P 52436 Ibid., 1971 P 52437 Ibid., 1971 P 52838 Ibid., 1971 P 52839 Ibid., 1971 P 52840 Ibid., 1971 P 530-53141 Ibid., 1971 P 531

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