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2 unusual facts about Krushna Chandra Panigrahi


Krushna Chandra Panigrahi

Krushna Chandra Panigrahi was born in 1909 in a village known as Khiching in the district of Mayurbhanj in Orissa state of India.He grew up in a poor family and lost his parents at an early age.

Madala Panji

There are some, like Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab, Dr.Nilakantha Dash and Dr. Krushna Chandra Panigrahi who hold that the Panji dates from the reign of Ramachandra Deva I who re-established the worship of Lord Jagannath after Kalapahad said to have destroyed it.The arguments are complex, but it is likely that much of the early record was indeed lost in the period that followed Kala Pahar and was rewritten in a fashion that mixed legend with history.



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