Ganjapa Cards Of Parala:
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Ganjapa , one of the traditional card game of Odisha, where Playing Cards are in circle shaped.
Paralakhemundi, had been the haven for Ganjapa craftsmen who supplied ancient playing cards to various parts of the world. 1/n
The game of Ganjapa cards, which was played by members of royal families and zamindars in the ancient era, later by common people, is now on the decline. The demand for these cards is languishing due to lack of adequate customers and rising cost of production. 2/n
Ganjapa is a recreational game for Odia society, primarily villagers after medieval era. It is played with circular shaped Pattachitra painted cards. The game is very popular in the heritage town Paralakhemundi of southern odisha. 3/n
Pattachitra motifs and patterns with figurative representations of mythological figures and other people, specifically the Ramayana, Dasavatara , Bhagabata and other deities are painted on the round cards with traditional touch . 4/n
Bulk orders from outside the state, which was quite common a few decades ago, have now stopped due to many reasons.
“The popularity of Ganjapa cards made by craftsmen, known as chitrakara in Odia, has been fading away,” for lack of promotions 5/n
Well-known artists like Simanchala Bindhani Ratna, Tuna Mahapatra ,Ranjita Mahapatra,Rama Paikaraya who resides in Parala ,has been creating Ganjappa cards since childhood. There are 25 chitrakar families at Paralakhemundi who are engaged in creating traditional paintings. 6/n
But the numbers of families producing the export quality Ganjapa has come down drastically.
The craftsmen says there are 96, 120 or 144 sets of Ganjapa cards, played with the theme of group war and have resemblance with modern chess. The game is played between four players. 7/n
The size of each circular card is same in diameter. These cards are prepared from two-folded cloth with three-inch width. One has to rinse the cloth with a paste of tamarind seeds, mix it with Genguti stone powder and dry it under the sun to make it stiff. 8/n
The craftsman cuts the cards in circular size and rubs each card on the stone to make it smooth ,this is called Rubana process. They paints 12 natural colours in each card and again dries it under the sun. When it dries up. 9/n
They paint traditional arts on the surface of each card as per the requirements including themes of soldiers on elephants, horses and chariots. The back of the card is painted in red with a coating of kewda (known as kiaa in Odia) leaves to make it shining. 10/n
Artists admit that the hardship and artistic values engaged in producing the Ganjapa does not cope up with the sale price. While it takes at least one week to prepare one set of Ganjappa, its price varies between Rs 800 to Rs 5,000 with very limited customers. 11/n
They generally prepare Ganjapa with paintings of Dasabatara, Nabagraha, Astamalla, Bara Rasi, Ramayana, Mahabharata and 27 Naxatra with Rajamantri Chakamuthi. However, there is no market for these Ganjappa in local area .
The state government must run a training centre at Paralakhemundi for budding artists to learn the process of painting Ganjapa and Paralara_Pattachitra . Also request to provide some financial benefits to artisans @Culturedeptt@sudarsansand
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Hamvira Deva commonly known as Dakshina Kapileswara in indian history,the eldest son of
Emperor Kapilendra Deva of odisha
form the fort of Warangal to Srirangam temple inscription,it tells the victorious campaign of a hindu 1/n
Empire. Which was lead by Havmira deva Mahapatra( General of Gajapati army) in 1445AD.
Kapilendra deva expanded the
Gajapati kingdom greatly by the help of his son Hamvira deva in various conquests which are worth
mentioning.
👇🏾 2/n
Hamvira mahapatra was a great military genius in several battle. Hamvira
mahaPatra conquered the Reddi kingdom of Rajahmundry and the
Vijayanagar province of Kondavidu, captured Warangal and Bidar
from the Bahmanī sultanate, and eventually occupied Udayagiri. 3/n
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Today is the death anniversary /Punyatithi of the great Hindu emperor Gajapati Kapilendradeva . He died on this day on the banks of river Krishna. He was born in a Suryamansi Kshatriya family who was serving as a general before ascended the throne. 1/n
The Emperor who never lost a single war in his entire life and devoted his whole life to the cause of Hindus. Even Odia language was recognized as the official language of present Odisha during his tenure.Which indicates being a selfrespecting Odia.There were some Khandayats, 2/n
Ministers and some of his grandsons were present inside an army cantonment on the banks of river Krishna on that Day. There was pain in everyone's heart and moisture in the eyes. Gajapati Maharaja's eyes were closing slowly. 3/n
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 . 2/n
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 3/n
కురుపాము సంస్థానచరిత్ర :
ఈ సంస్థానము విస్తీర్ణము సుమారు 700 వందల చదరపు మైళ్ళు ఇందులో 450 చ.మై ఏజెన్సీ ప్రాంతము . ఈ సంస్థానము నందు 274 గ్రామములలొ 200 ఏజెన్సీ గ్రామములు , 48 జిరాయితీ గ్రామములు , 10 అగ్రహారములు మిగిలినవి వ్యవసాయ గ్రామములు . గుమ్మహూండా భాగము తప్ప 1/n
మిగిలినవి జయపురము వారు ఏర్పరచినవి.పూర్వమిది నందాపురము అను పేరుతో జయపురము సంస్థానము నందు అంతర్భాగముగా ఉంది జయపురము ప్రభువైన విశ్వంభరదేవుగారి వలన కురుపాము సంస్థానము ఏర్పడినది అటులనే పర్లాకుముండి పాలకులు గోపీనాథదేవుగారి దయవలన గుమ్మహూండా విభాగము కురుపాము జమీందారీ యందు చేర్చబడింది 2/n
ఈ పాలకులు చంద్రవంశమునందు శిలా శాఖయట . వీరు ఓడ్రజాతీయులగు కొండరాజుల వంశము . వైరిచర్ల వీరి కులబిరుదు . వీరి మూలపురుషుడు అగ్నివీరుడు . వీరి కూటస్థుడు సన్యాసిదొర . వైరిచర్ల వారి దేవతాస్వరూపిణి పైడిమారమ్మ కురుపాము కోట శక్తి యట . < కురుపాము సంస్థాన విషయంలో ఇంకొక కధనం కూడా ఉంది . 3/n