THREAD: There is always some stories behind every certain things. So let's know ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ. And in Odisha, we know there's always a mythological story and historical story. So here these are described. 1/5
Tulasikshetra Mahatmya reveals that, BaladevJew killed the Demon king Kandarasura who ruled over the region of Lalitgiri and married his daughter Tulasi. The place where the tyrant ruler Kandara was killed, is named as โKendraparaโ in the memory of Kandara and... 2/5
...'Tulasikshetra' in the name of his daughter. [Balabhadra married Tulasi on the twelfth day of the bright fortnight of the month Mฤgha. The same day is observed as โTulasi Bibahaโ in the temple each year.]
Some also say that, the name 'Kendra' is came from 'Kendara'... 3/5
Some also say that, the name 'Kendra' is came from 'Kendara'... 3/5
...(a musical instrument played by โNatha Yogisโ of this area generally) and โPara/Padaโ means a particular area or village. So it becomes Kendrapara.
Bipin Bihari Sen has written an essay in โUtkal Sahityaโ, captioned 'Aswasthakshetra Ba Zilla Kujanga' that Maratha... 4/5
Bipin Bihari Sen has written an essay in โUtkal Sahityaโ, captioned 'Aswasthakshetra Ba Zilla Kujanga' that Maratha... 4/5
..soldiers camped in the centre of contemporary Kendrapara in 1753 to defeat Chatrubhuja Sandha, the king of Kujanga. They have named that place Kendrapalli (middle of the village). โKendrapalliโ was not properly uttered by Britishers. So they changed to โKendrapara.โ 5/5
