Thread by @VAdkri

Myanmar Odias and Sri Jagannatha
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* The distance between Myanmar to odisha coast is 1780kms on sea ways
* Its former name were Brahmadesha, Burmah and Rengunudesha
*from ancient times Many odias were settled as colonial maritime businessman
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In Between 1820 - 1941 number of ships were sailed btn Gopalpur, Ganjam to Rangoon port in Burma

* According to the 1930 census, there were 43,000 Odias in the country at that time.

*At 1930, two ships were running in between Gopalpur to Rangoon named Jaladurga & Chilika
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were traveling every week.
*In myanmar
Rengun ,Nam tu, Insin,Elin, Mangaladun, Mandle,Kain, Tauyau, Siriam, have n numbers of Odia Deulas established By Ganjam's Mathura workers

* Out of them Jagannath temple of Yangon is an fine kalinga architectural shrine in Burma
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Burmese odia observes ratha jatra very grandly.

In 1927, Paralakhemundi Gajapati Maharaja Sri Krushnachandra Narayan Deb &
In 1934, Shri Shashi Bhushan Rath, MLA of the Madras Legislative Assembly cum Secretary of the Asha , visited Burma
And addressed odia people at Yangon
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* By 1940, there were many odia organizations established in Brahmadesh -
~Burma Odia Rasa Samiti,
~Rengun Odia Jubaka Sangha, ~Odisha Ramlila Samiti,
~Utkal Shramik Sangha,
~Utkalmani Library.

* There were 5 Odia printing press , who
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were printing only odia contents in Myanmar
*Specially they used to publish daily, weekly & monthly magazines respectively
~ Swadhina Bharat
~ Prabhata
~ Burma Odia,
~. Lokshiksha.

* in Netaji's Azad Hind fouz many India joined in burma.
* During second world war

And freedom struggle of Brahmadesh, the Japan forse bombarded the Rangoon port on December 23, 1941 and the Gopalpur port ,Ganjam on December 30.
*In results the port running facility between
Gopalpur-Rangoon shutdown
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Odia household , odia humans, some nameplate in burma

Then odias returned back by walking in the path of Aasam- Bangladesh- culcatta -to odisha .

* It took them 3 months of painful journey
* Odias who had been unable to walk on their own, with their families, property, land they settled there for ever

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*Even today in Myanmar there are about 20,000 odia descendants bearing title Mohanty, Paika, Acharari, Dalabehera, Patra, Pradhana, Das, etc.

*who still observes Dolapurnima, Manabasa, Shibaratri , Trinatha Mela, Chaita mangalabara

* During Nabakalebara
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Odisha in July 1996, the divine body of Sri Jagannath in Myanmar followed by Sri Angaphita Neeti by Pandit sri Purnachandra Mohapatra and sri Saratchandra Sadangi of puri.

* Mr. Nityananda Kara, was a soldier in Azad Hind, Myanmar. Who was grandfather of the writer
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Later joined as a contractor in Burma oil company.

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Sources: Dr Anantaram Kar, Ganjam
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English translation- Vishnu Mohan Adhikari, Gajapati
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Presentation : @VAdkri
PC : taken from authentic sources with permission

In addition to my thread , I wanna join one thing that our Indian petroleum minister sri @dpradhanbjp mahodaya went Rengoon recently and visited lord Jagannatha temple and Kali dharmasala on 23. Feb 2017