Kendrapara

It is surrounded by Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts, with the Bay of Bengal to the east.

Other rivers in Kendrapara include the Luna, the Karandia, the Gobari, the Brahamani, the Birupa, the Kani, the Hansua, the Baitarani, the Kharasrota, and the Paika.

This district has 9 blocks, which are Aul, Derabish, Garadpur, Mahakalapada, Marshaghai, Kendrapara, Rajanagar, Rajkanika, Pattamundai.

The nearest railway station is at Cuttack, which is 54 kilometres from the Kendrapara township on State Highway 9A.

As of the 2011 Indian census, Kendrapara district has a population of 1,439,891, roughly equal to the nation of Eswatini or the US state of Hawaii.

Different types of prasad prepared and used in Baladevjew Temple are Rasabali, Potali Pitha, Magaja Ladoo, Kakaraa, Khaja, Karanji, Chhena Kheeri, Ghanabrata, Dahipakhala, Khiri, and Puri.

[citation needed] Bhitara Kanika Bhitarakanika is covered in deep mangrove forests and saline rivers.

Other animals like deer, wild boar, monkeys, monitor lizards, pythons, and king cobra are also found here.

The temple is about one kilometer away from the center of Tehsil Aul, which is situated about 146 km from the state capital of Bhubaneswar.

The large tree, spread across 1.3 acres of land with about 600 trunks and sub-trunks, has been granted tourist spot status by the state government following active tourism in the area throughout the year.

District Tourist Officer Bijoy Kumar Mohanty stated that funds had been sanctioned for building tourism infrastructure.

Dola Melan, Raja, Panchuka, Biswasanti Mahayajnya, Asta Prahar Namayajnya are the main yearly festivals of this Peeth.

Hukitola is a storm proof bunker constructed on Jamboo island by British, led by Captain Harris.

Eka Kula is a unique island in Kendrapara, which can be reached via bike during low tide and via boats from Jambu.

The Sandhha Nacha (in the memory of Sandha Raja of Kunjang Garh) is celebrated at Dola Purnima.

The Rama Charita Manas & Parayan is celebrated for 9 days of every year on the occasion of Lord Hanuman's birthday.

[6] Ma Patharakani Temple is situated at the SH-9A Main Road near Gogua Market, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kendrapara.

[7] Kendrapara has produced a number of well-known personalities like astronomer, mathematician, and writer Suskhma Sphuta Siddhanta Pandit Sri Gokulananda Routroy (1947–2009), Pandit Binod Behari Dash, media personalities like Itishree Nayak (Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for Electronic Media Oriya 2006).

Another notable person from this area is Dr. Prafulla Kumar Behera, one of the scientists involved in the development of silicon pixel detectors, which played a big part in the success of the Higgs Boson experiment.

[8] Dr Mahendra Tripathy, Chief Consultant Cardiologist at CARE Hospital, Bhubaneswar is from Kendrapara.

[citation needed] The current MLA from Kendrapara Assembly Constituency is Sashi Bhusan Behera from BJD, who won the seat in state elections of 2019.

Baladevjew Temple , Baladevjew Temple of Kendrapara
Sightseeing at Bhitarakanika
Rajakanika palace of Kendrapara
Garteswar Temple, Gosigan, Rajnagar
The old Dadhivaman deity in Kendrapara.