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7 unusual facts about Puri district


Durga Charan Mohanty

At that time he was only seventeen years old and a student of class IX in Puri district School.

Odisha Day

The newly formed Odisha consisted of six districts namely Cutack, Puri, Baleswar, Sambalpur, Koraput and Ganjam having its capital at Cuttack.

Puri district

5) Prachi River- It is a branch commencing from Puri and Jagatsinghpur district.

1) Kushabhadra River- A branch of Kuakhai river originates from Balianta and meets the sea of Bay of Bengal at the shrine of Ramachandi, located 15 miles east of Puri.

It runs into Puri district near the extreme east forming numerous branches.

Ghoda nacha, Dhudki, Pala, Daskathia, Bhalunacha and Navrang are some other folk dances prevalent in the district.

The Samaja

Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das, a prominent freedom fighter and social worker started it as a weekly from Satyabadi of Puri district of Odisha to facilitate the freedom struggle and to revive the moribund Oriya language.


Rabi Ray

Ray was born on 26 November 1926 at Bhanaragarh village in the Puri district of Orissa, He passed his B.A. examination in History from the Ravenshaw College in Cuttack and later studied Law in the Madhusudan Law College in Cuttack.


see also

Navagunjara

Navagunjara is also depicted in Ganjifa playing cards as the King card and Arjuna as the minister card, in parts of Orissa, mainly in Puri District and Ath-Rangi Sara in Ganjam District, Orissa.