City: Odisha
The 7 Best Ancient Ruins in Odisha, India
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Restaurants in Odisha
1. Lalitgiri
2. Old Jetty
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4.0 based on 49 reviews
Reviewed By Parikshit1234 - Navi Mumbai, India
We visited Udisa and I loved that visit, people who has heart for natural beauty, gopal pur beach is a nice place, food is available near to beach and good in taste, here I am advocating street food.
3. Bhawanipatna/ Kalahandi District/ southern Odisha.
4. Barabati Fort
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4.0 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By BikashRDas - Bengaluru, India
The history of Barabati is interconnected with the history of Cuttack city, the Capital of Orissan empire over the ages. The notable events of Orissan History are all interwined with this bastion. As the Gajapati Emperors assumed the title of Navakoti Karnata, Kala Vargesvara, Barabati, the seat of administration of such a vast empire occupied the highest rank among the innumerable forts spread from Ganges in the north to Godavari in the south. And being from this place - it is pride indeed for me to mention this. Madalapanji, the chronicle of Jagannatha temple, relates that Sri Ananga Bhima Deva III (1211- 38A.D.) at the sight of an auspicious sign near the Visvesvar temple of Barabati village laid the foundation stone of Barabati Cuttack or Varanasi Cuttack and made it the capital of Kalingan Empire. It is gleaned from the Nagari Copper Plate of Shri -Anagabhimadeva issued from the Abinavakataka that Anangabhima resided in the fort of Barabati. The next rulers of Ganga dynasty stayed in this fort and made further improvement of Kataka city. Narasimha Deva, the greatest warrior and builder of Ganga dynasty started his war procession against Humayun Shah a of Bahamani and returned victorious amidst joy and pomp. In order to stop the constant attacks of Muslims of Bengal he erected the famous fort of Raibania near Jaleswar on the border of present Orissa and crushed the Muslims on the bank of Hooghly river. As a sign of victory he caused the construction of world famous Sun temple at Konarak. The fort is square in plan. It spreads over an area of 102 acres and surrounded on all sides with stone paved moat of 10 Mtr. wide in northern and western sides and 20 Mtr. wide in the eastern and southern sides. The entire fort wall except the entrance is missing. Since, 1915, in view of its national importance, the place has been declared as a protected site by Archaeological Survey of India. At the centre of the fort we notice a high mound with a tank in the western side. It spreads over 15/16 acres of area. Now the site is extensively encroached. To the east of the mound, there is the Shahi mosque while in the west of the tank lies the mazar of Hazrat Ali Bukhari. The first Muslim invasion of Barabati by Ghiyasuddin Iwaz Shah, Sultan of Bengal took place during the reign of Anangabhima Deva III. The Muslim forces occupied the frontier outpost of Lakhnor in Birbhumi. After that a large troop under the command of his brotherin-law Paramardideva attacked Lakhnaor, capital of Muslim Bengal. The Orissan army secured a great success with the sacrifice of Paramardideva who fell in the battle field. His wife Chandrika Devi, in his memory built the Anantavasudeva temple at Bhubaneswar. In the 14th century A.D. Illyas Shah of Bengal invaded North Orissa. Later on Sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq invaded Orissa and occupied Barabati fort in 1361. He went back to Delhi with rich booty. Narasingha Deva IV was known to have issued two copper plates from this Varanasi Cuttack. In 1568 Kalapahad attacked the fort which became the undisputed seat of the Afgans thereafter. Daud, son of Suleman Karani was defeated by Muni Khan, the general of Akbar in 1575. Doud Karani surrendered to Mughal forces in this glorious Barabati fort. To suppress Afghan uprisings, Akbar sent Mansingh in 1592. He stayed here and suppressed the Afghan uprisings. Raja Kalyanmal, son of Raja Todarmal was governor here. Prince Khuram, the rebel son of Jahangir visited the fort . In 1633 English merchants Bruton and Cartwright met prince Suja’s Deputy governor Aga Mohammed Zamere. During Afghan, Mughal and Maratha rule the fort of Barabati was the seat of administration. The king of Khurda, Ramachandra Deva was imprisoned in this fort by Taki Khan in 1725 A.D. In 1742 Bhaskar Pandit, the leader of the Marathas attacked the fort and in 1745 A.D. Raghuji Bhonsla occupied the fort. Thus by 1751 the fort and Cuttack came entirely under the occupation of the Marathas. The Maratha armies stationed in the fort were not ready for the unexpected battle nor had any opportunity to get military help from the feudal lords of Orissa. So the British armies under the comandership of colonel Harcourt and Colonel Celton bombarded the fort and could enter without resistana The fort thus the seat of administration for several centuries was utlimately used as the prison for illustrious kings and nobles of the land. During the Paika Vidroha - the Raja of Kujanga, in 1818, the Raja of Khurda and in 1819 and the Raja of Suguja with his family members were kept under confinement in this fort. Very Soon the Moat around the fort will be cleaned up for boating facility.
5. Sisupalgarh
6. Ramanath Temple
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
