[1][2] Born at Athagada Patana of Ganjam, his family shifted to Itamati in present Nayagarh district of Odisha when Jadumani was just a child.

When the Lord appeared before him and asked him to express his wish, he to the God's utmost pleasure told how He cleans His nose as He is occupied with different aayudhas (weapons and other armaments) in all his hands, to which the God could not prevent Himself laughing, and blessed him to be a humorist poet from that day and he can write poems instantly without any imagination and thinking at any place, not only restricted to study rooms as poets usually do to write poems.

It is also said that as he used the bamboo mat usually left by a dead person's family members at samshan (cremation ground) while chanting the Hayagriba mantra, for that reason (chanting of Hayagriba mantra sitting on bamboo seat is prohibited in tantra shastra, and thus results with negative effects—poverty) he was poor throughout the life even though he was the dewan (administrative officer) of the king of Nayagarh.

[1][2] Jadumani was a great opponent of Brahmins (one of the four casts among Hindus) for their monopoly in Hindu rituals and misguiding the public in the name of dharma (religion).

For readers fond of riti kavya (classic poetry—ornamented with word mastery), below is that very question asked by Utkal Ghanta Jadumani Mohapatra.

chhabire ke jine nava rabinki ke peta poshe dhanusara biki jala prati veeti kahar neeti kara bhaya nahin uraga prati bichari kahib chari padartha eka hoi thiba who defeats the morning sun in his color who lives his life by selling his weapon who always fears to water who does not have fear to snake tell in one word the answer of the four questions above.

One of such book is Utkala Ghanta Jadumanikruta Prabandha Purnachandra ra Chandrakanti Tika, written by ୰Pandita Chandramani Pradhan and Dr. Sukanti Mohanty resident of Itamati, Dist.