Thread by @VAdkri

BARUA BEACH:
A place where the holy river MahendraTanaya is entering into the sea.

गंगा सिंधु सरस्वती च यमुना गोदावरी नर्मदा
कावेरी सरयू महेन्द्रतनया चर्मण्यवती वेदिका।
क्षिप्रा वेत्रवती महासुरनदी ख्याता जया गण्डकी
पूर्णाः पूर्णजलैःसमुद्रसहिताः कुर्वन्तुमे मंगलम्||

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Ancient indian scriptures says if you will take holy dip in these rivers or its mouth point, one will get visistapunya phala.

Barua name derived from a word "Baruna". An ancient port city of kalinga,from where sadhavas used to go for sailing .
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Maritime history -
From the beginning of the last century, Baruva had been recognised as an passenger carrying port in Eastern India, when it was in Ganjam dist of Madras presidency
"Jala durga"- a british indian steam coastguard used to run in between baruva to Yangon
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Mahendratanaya river name derived from Mahendra+Tanaya , which means daughter of Mahendragiri ( mountain peak of eastern ghat).
It has n numbers of mention in various puranas and Samhitas. It is believed as one out of the seven kula parvatas of india
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At present it is situated in srikakulam dist of andhra pradesh, and it is commonly known as second goa of srikakulam . In winter season the beach is busy with picnics. Migrating birds is an additional attraction to this place
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Ancient kalinga's Kotilingeswara Temple , Jagannath temple and famous Janardana Temple are situated near to the beach. the rich greenery will definitely make the tourists stay here for some days. In the era of British colonial rule in India the Baruva harbor
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Was known as Rengunupain bandara , the old light house still exists here as the harbor is closed. It is one of the oldest beaches in East coast. It was used as seaport up to 1948. In July 1917 a ship carrying goods sank in the sea.
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To commemorate this sad incident a pillar was constructed afterwards.

How to reach-
It is situated nearly in a distance of 60kms from Berhampur and Paralakhemundi of odisha.

107kms from srikakulam , Andhra pradesh.

Nearest airport- both Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar (225kms)