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Rushikulya River
The Rushikulya River is one of the major rivers in Odisha and covers the entire catchment area in the districts of Kandhamal and Ganjam of Odisha. The Rushikulya originates about 1000 metres from the Rushimala Hills part of the Daringbadi hills of the Eastern Ghats range. Daringbadi, where the river originates, is called the ' Kashmir of Odisha '. The river lies within the geographical coordinates of 19.07 to 20.19 north latitude and 84.01 to 85.06 east longitude. It meets the Bay of Bengal at Puruna Bandha in Ganjam. Its tributaries are the Baghua, the Dhanei, the Badanadi, etc. It has no delta as such at its mouth. River course The river flows from the Daringbadi hill station in the Kandhamal district. In the Ganjam district, it flows through Surada, Dharakote, Asika, Pitala, Purusottampur, Taratarini, Pratappur, Alladigam, Brahmapur, Ganjam, and the Chhatrapur block. The river is 165 km long and has a total catchment area of 7700 km2. The mean monthly flow rate ...
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Odia Language
Odia (;"Odia"
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, ISO 15919, ISO: , ; formerly rendered as Oriya) is a classical languages of India, classical Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the Languages with official status in India, official language in Odisha (formerly rendered as Orissa), where native speakers make up 82% of the population, and it is also spoken in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Odia is one of the Languages with official status in India, official languages of India; it is the official language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand. The Odia language has various dialects varieties, including the Baleswari Odia (Northern dialect), Kataki, Dhenkanalia, Anugulia(central dialect), Ganjami O ...
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Dharakote
Dharakot is a semi-urban village and former zamindari estate in Dharakot Community Development Block of Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha. Geography Dharakot is located at , about 12 km north-west from Asika and 55 km from Silk City Brahmapur. NH-59 ( Gopalpur-Khariar) passes through Dharakot. Administratively it consists of three subdivisions: Jahada with 85 villages, Kunanogada with 37 villages, and Sahasrango with 66 villages. Villages of Dharakot * Kanagiridi * Panibandha * Baharpur (12 km) * Balarampur * Baradabili (12 km) * Arjuna palli * Kahira palli * Dharakot * Dhaugam * Golla Damodarpalli * Jaga Mohan (2.4 km) * Dasamaili * Haripur * Bethuar * Dakabaja * Jahada (4.4 km) * Jhadabandha * Jharapari * Machhakot * Manikapur (27 km) * Mundamarai (3 km) * Rugumu (8 km) * Saradhapur (5.5 km) * Singipur * Pratapur (7 km) History This place was earlier under Khindirisrunga (ଖିଣ୍ଡିରିଶୃଙ ...
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Ceramics
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain, and brick. The earliest ceramics made by humans were fired clay bricks used for building house walls and other structures. Other pottery objects such as pots, vessels, vases and figurines were made from clay, either by itself or mixed with other materials like silica, hardened by sintering in fire. Later, ceramics were glazed and fired to create smooth, colored surfaces, decreasing porosity through the use of glassy, amorphous ceramic coatings on top of the crystalline ceramic substrates. Ceramics now include domestic, industrial, and building products, as well as a wide range of materials developed for use in advanced ceramic engineering, such as semiconductors. The word '' ceramic'' comes from the Ancient Greek word (), mea ...
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Glass
Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline solid, non-crystalline) solid. Because it is often transparency and translucency, transparent and chemically inert, glass has found widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in window panes, tableware, and optics. Some common objects made of glass are named after the material, e.g., a Tumbler (glass), "glass" for drinking, "glasses" for vision correction, and a "magnifying glass". Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenching) of the Melting, molten form. Some glasses such as volcanic glass are naturally occurring, and obsidian has been used to make arrowheads and knives since the Stone Age. Archaeological evidence suggests glassmaking dates back to at least 3600 BC in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Egypt, or Syria. The earliest known glass objects were beads, perhaps created accidentally during metalworking or the production of faience, which is a form of pottery using lead glazes. Due to its ease of formability int ...
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Belaguntha
Belaguntha or Bellaguntha is a town and a Notified Area Council (N.A.C.) in Odisha, India. It's famously known as ''The Brass Fish Town''. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India, Bellaguntha had a population of 11297. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Bellaguntha has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. History Nrusinghanatha temple attracts thousands of pilgrims to get a darshan of Lakshmi Nrusingh. The temple was established in the 18th century under the Bhanja Dynasty. Bellaguntha was a local market town for Boudh and Phulbani. Local crafts include brass, silver, copper, and woodwork. There are more than twenty temples in the town. Geography Bellaguntha is located at . It has an average elevation of . Culture Major local festivals include Thakurani Yatra, Ratha Yatra and Danda Jatra. Other festivals ...
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Bhanjanagar
Bhanjanagar is a town and Municipality in Ganjam district in the state of Odisha, India. Geography Bhanjanagar is located at with an average elevation of 69 metres (226 feet). Bhanjanagar hosts the headquarters for the Bhanjanagar Sub-division, Ghumusar DFO, Bhanjanagar SDPO, Ghumusar Tahasil, Bhanjanagar Block, and Education Block. Bhanjanagar Block shares its borders with Surada, Bellaguntha, Jagannath Prasad Blocks of Ganjam district and G. Udayagiri, Raikia, Chakapada Blocks of Kandhamal district. There are 139 villages in Bhanjanagar Block while Bhanjanagar town is administered as a Municipality. The town is located beside Bhanjanagar Dam. History Bhanjanagar is a planned community situated in the confluence of rivers Loharakhandi and Badanadi. Earlier, this patch of land used to be a part of Ghumusar Zamindari of Bhanja dynasty whose headquarter was in Kulada. During British Raj this place became their administrative ground. The town, earlier named as Ru ...
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Rushikulya
The Rushikulya River is one of the major rivers in Odisha and covers the entire catchment area in the districts of Kandhamal and Ganjam of Odisha. The Rushikulya originates about 1000 metres from the Rushimala Hills part of the Daringbadi hills of the Eastern Ghats range. Daringbadi, where the river originates, is called the ' Kashmir of Odisha '. The river lies within the geographical coordinates of 19.07 to 20.19 north latitude and 84.01 to 85.06 east longitude. It meets the Bay of Bengal at Puruna Bandha in Ganjam. Its tributaries are the Baghua, the Dhanei, the Badanadi, etc. It has no delta as such at its mouth. River course The river flows from the Daringbadi hill station in the Kandhamal district. In the Ganjam district, it flows through Surada, Dharakote, Asika, Pitala, Purusottampur, Taratarini, Pratappur, Alladigam, Brahmapur, Ganjam, and the Chhatrapur block. The river is 165 km long and has a total catchment area of 7700 km2. The mean monthly flow r ...
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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
The olive ridley sea turtle (''Lepidochelys olivacea''), also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is the second-smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. ''L. olivacea'' is found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but also in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. This turtle and the related Kemp's ridley sea turtle are best known for their unique synchronised mass nestings called ''arribadas'', where thousands of females come together on the same beach to lay eggs. Taxonomy The olive ridley sea turtle may have been first described as ''Testudo mydas minor'' by Georg Adolf Suckow in 1798. It was later described and named ''Chelonia multiscutata'' by Heinrich Kuhl in 1820. Still later, it was described and named ''Chelonia olivacea'' by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz in 1829. The species was placed in the subgenus ''Lepidochelys'' by ...
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Wildlife Institute Of India
The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is an autonomous natural resource service institution established in 1982 under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change, Government of India. WII carries out wildlife research in areas of study like Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Wildlife Policy, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Forensics, Spatial Modeling, Ecodevelopment, Ecotoxicology, Habitat Ecology and Climate Change. WII has a research facility which includes Forensics, Remote Sensing and GIS, Laboratory, Herbarium, and an Electronic Library. The founder director was V. B. Saharia while the first director was Hemendra Singh Panwar who remained the director from 1985 to 1994. Trained personnel from WII have contributed in studying and protecting wildlife of India, wildlife in India. The national tiger census or the All India Tiger Estimation, is done by WII along with NTCA and state forest departments. The institute is b ...
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Brahmapur, Odisha
Berhampur (; also known as Brahmapur) is a city on the eastern coastline of Odisha, India. Known as the "Silk City" it is the headquarter of Ganjam district and home to Odisha's one of the major and the oldest railway station. It rank the 4th most populous town of Odisha. Berhampur is also called the "food capital of Odisha". Etymology The name of the city is said to have been derived from the name of Brahmeswara, a deity in Hinduism, worshipped in a temple at Lathi, 4 km from the main city. History Ancient and Medieval Period Berhampur, along with regions of southern Odisha, have been a core part of ancient Kalinga empire. Jaugada also known as ''Samapa'', 35 km away from Berhampur on the banks of the Rushikulya, was an ancient fort and city existing from 3rd century BC to 7th century AD. Its existence before and after this time period cannot be ruled out. After Kalinga war, Samapa turned into a provincial headquarter of Maurya empire along with ''Dhauli'' a ...
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Alladigam
Alladigam (also spelled Aladigam, Alladigaon and Aladigan) is a village in Ganjam District in the Indian state of Odisha. Geography Alladigam is located at . It has an average elevation of 19 metres (62 ft). Total geographical area of Aladigan village is 5.8 km2 (577 hectares) and it is the 6th biggest village by area in the sub-district Purusottampur. Demographics According to the 2011 India census, Alladigam had a population of 2500. There are 900 houses in this village. The village is situated on the bay of Rushikulya River. There are two schools, on established in 1921 and the other in 2008. There is a (Amba Tota) Mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree '' Mangifera indica''. It originated from the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South and Southeast As ... tree here, which is called Chaitanya Matha. Odia (formerly known as oriya) is the local language her ...
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