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Nagvanshi Nagavanshi (IAST: Nāgavaṃśī) refers to several Indian Kshatriya dynasties or ruling groups claiming descent from the mythical Nāgas. Along with Suryavanshi, Agnivanshi and Chandravanshi, the Nagavanshi clans form a part of the Kshatriya cl ...
king in 10th century. He succeeded Gajdant Rai. According to Sanskrit inscription in Hapamuni village in
Gumla district Gumla district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Gumla town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Etymology For centuries, the place was a meeting center for people from the hinterland who flocked ...
, he constructed Mahamaya temple in Vikram samvat 965 (908 CE) with the son of King Mohan Rai. He handed over the temple to
Rashtrakuta The Rashtrakuta Empire was a royal Indian polity ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the 6th and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a 7th-century copper plate grant detailing their rule from Manapu ...
Brahmin Shianath Dev. Later Vishnu idol was established by Shivdas Karn in Vikram Samvat 1458 (1401 CE) according to an inscription in sanskrit.
Sri Chaitanya Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (; ), born Vishvambhara Mishra () (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534), was an Indian Hindu saint from Bengal and the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with bhajan-kirt ...
visited the village during his return journey from Puri to Varanasi in 16th century. Original mahamaya temple was destroyed by tribal insurgent during
kol rebellion Kol uprising, also known in British records as the Kol mutiny was a revolt of the tribal Kol people of Chhota Nagpur that took place between 1831 and 1832. It was due to economic exploitation brought on by the systems of land tenure and adminis ...
(1931-1933). They also killed the wife and children of the care taker of temple Barju Ram Pathak. He has described the incident in his nagpuri poems.


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