Bhadrak is an ancient land that finds mention in many puranas. It contributes to Orissa's maritime & agrarian prosperity, trade and commerce down the ages and recorded in history. Since independence there has been significant development in the sectors like Education, Industry, Agriculture, Trade and commerce.
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Bhadrak is an ancient land that finds mention in many puranas. It contributes to Orissa's maritime & agrarian prosperity, trade and commerce down the ages and recorded in history. Since independence there has been significant development in the sectors like Education, Industry, Agriculture, Trade and commerce.
General Information About Bhadrak District
Geography
Bhadrak is located at 21°03′N 86°31′E / 21.05°N 86.52°E / 21.05; 86.52. It has an average elevation of 23 m (75 ft).
Area=2,677Sq.Km,
Population=13,32,249,Literacy Rate=98%
Head quarter Bhadrak Tahasils=6 N.A.C=3
Sub division=1 Villages=1,307 Grama panchayat=1,307
Vidhansabha seats=5
Blocks:-
Bhadrak , Basudevpur, Chandabali ,Tihidi,Dhamnagar and Bhandaripokhari
Tahasils:-
Bhadrak ,Basudevpur, Chandabali ,Tihidi, Bhandaripokhari andDhamnagar
Demographics
As of 2001[update]
Attractions
Aradi,Chandabali,RaktatiethaEram(Basudevpur),Dhamanagar, DhamaraPort,Guamala,Nuasasan, Arharpada,Bhadrakaliand Ishwarpur(Dappanaikani) etc are some of the places of tourist interest.
How to Reach
Road: The National Highway No. 5 passes through the district and runs nearly 40 km. This road connects Bhadrak with
Rail: Bhadrak is an important railhead on the east coast railway line. All important trains passing through the district take halt at Bhadrak station.
Industrialisation
Culture
Education
Akhandalmani Temple
The celebrated Akhandalamani temple, the abode of "Lord Siva" is located at the bank of river Baitarani, at Aradi, 37km away from the district head quarter of Bhadrak towards east by road via Asurali, Kothara and Dhusuri.
Festivals of
Several fairs and festivals observed at the
Structure of
History of Baba Akhandalamani Temple
The temple was built by the King of Konika Shri Harihara Bhanja and his chief queen Satyabhama Patadei. The temple is about 150 ft high and all the stones used for its construction was brought from the historic hill of Lalitgiri near Chandikhol. The main entrance hall was built by a sage named Shri Narasingha Pratap Kumar and the surrounding wall of the temple was built by a noted sage named Shri Darshan Sekhara Das.
According to legends, around 350 years ago during the rule of Raja Sri Niladri Samara Singha Mohapatra, one morning the Raja sent a peasant to cultivate his Paddy field, located on the bank of the river Baitarani. While cultivating, the blade of his plough was broken on striking a solid material. Astonished, the peasant discovered a black glazed granite stone drenched in blood flowing towards the river Baitarani. Afraid, the peasant called the King. The king Niladrisamar Singh hurriedly came to the spot, and discovered an overflow of milk replaced by blood and a huge black cobra hooding the stone. On that night the king had a dream regarding the arrival of the God Akhandalamani on that place. The news spread like wild fire. The following day, the king Niladri Samara Singha Mohapatra started worshiping the great god and immediately built a wooden temple on the spot. A large number of devotees from different villages started visiting and worshiping the deity. The king invited five Brahmins from a village named Naharagrama of Jajapur district to perform seva-puja (Worshiping and taking care) of lord Akhandalamani.
and pour holy water over the lingam. The devotees carry holy water from different rivers of
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Bhadrakali
Bhadrakali one of the Shaktipithas, named after the King Chanda Bhadra the son of Soudhan. The devotees of Maa Adyashakti Dakshina Kali stepped forward to construct a temple of Dakshina kali in December 2002 with an intention to achieve Viswashanti and to spread the message of divine belonging at a burial ground at Mathasahi a village on the Bank of River salandi about Ten Kilometers away from Historical temple of Bhadrakali. The saktas(the devotees of Goddess Kali the Adishakti) believed that the Dakshin kali
CHANDABALI
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Some upcoming projets
The State is all set to have a shipbuilding factory at Charidiha near Dhamara in Bhadrak. It will be the first such private sector venture in eastern
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Situated between Haldia and Paradeep, the port at Dhamra will be the deepest
During Phase-I, DPCL is constructing two fully mechanized berths of 350 meters each along with backup facilities for handling imports of coking coal, steam/thermal coal, limestone and export of iron ore. The Company is also laying a 62 kilometers rail link from Dhamra to Bhadrak on the main Howrah-Chennai line. The estimated capacity of Phase-I is 25 million MT per annum.
The Company has achieved Financial Closure for Phase-I of the project in February’07 with signing of a loan agreement with the consortium of lenders led by Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI). The construction of Phase-I has commenced in March’07 and port is expected to be ready for commercial operation by March'10.
The location of Dhamra in close proximity to the mineral belt of Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal and its deep draft suitable for large vessels is going to make Dhamra port the most cost-effective and efficient port on the Eastern coast of India.