Late Sri D Bhuvan Mohan Patnaik (October 31, 1925 - February 11, 2009), Also known as D. B. M. Patnaik or simply DBM, was an Indian lawyer, politician and communist leader. He was from Bhagimpeta in Srikakulam district. 1/n
Patnaik practiced law at the Gunupur district-court where he met Nagbhushan Patnaik; both of them defended peasants in court cases. In 1967, the two of them became active in the Naxalite movement that lead to the formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Lenini st) 2/n
Patnaik started his political career with the Communist Party of India and subsequently joined the CPI (M). Along with Nagbhushan Patnaik, he joined the revolutionary communists in the Srikakulam Girijana Naxalbari movement. He was an active leader of the movement
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NĀRÂYANAPURAM:
A TENTH CENTURY SITE IN KALINGA
Four temples facing east remain standing in differing stages of completion and preservation in the small and remote village of Näräyanapuram. These temples are situated near the west bank of the Suvarnamukhi River 1/n
about three miles east of Balijipeta on the border of Bobbli and Pälakondā taluk in Śrikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh .This area was included in the ancient and medieval principality of Kalinga which, from the fifth through tenth centuries 2/n
was centered between the Bansadhara and Nägāvali Rivers , extended north to rushikulya (ganja,odisha)and south to Godavari, Andhra Pradesh.Although Prabhañjanavarman of the Mathara-kula (family),who ruled in the 5thcentury, 3/n
Thotlakonda Buddhist heritage:
Thotlakonda Buddhist Complex Lies about 15 km from Visakhapatnam city on the way to Bheemili town on a hill about 128 mts. Thotlakonda was well within the influence of ancient #Kalinga region which was an important source of dissemination of 1/n
Buddhist culture to Sri Lanka and various parts of south-east Asia. It provides an insight into the process of Trans Oceanic diffusion of Indian culture, especially Buddhism. A hill on the sea coast with salubrious climate was an ideal attraction for the Buddhist monks to 2/n
build a monastery complex here. The placid sea sheltered by the deeply in curved coastline here, provided a safe haven for anchoring ships. Thotlakonda came to light during an aerial survey by the Indian Navy for setting up a Naval Base. After its discovery, major 3/n