Hindol is a town and

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in Dhenkanal district of the Indian state of Odisha.

Geography

It is located from

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to Gudiakateni, from NH 655 to Satamaili Chowk and is surrounded by reserve forest on the East, South, and West. It was a part of the

Hindol Hindol is a Hindustani classical ''raga'' from the Kalyan Thaat. According to Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj, Hindol is an ancient raga associated with the spring season and is sung during the first part of the day. Origin The raga ...

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before independence. It is from

Dhenkanal Dhenkanal is a town and a municipality in Dhenkanal district in the state of Odisha, India. Geography Dhenkanal is at . It has an average elevation of 80 metres (262 feet). Demographics As per the 2011 India census, Dhenkanal had a p ...

Festivals

Hindol hosts five festivals every year, of which three are major. The most important of these is the

Rath Yatra Ratha Yatra (), or Chariot festival, is any public procession in a chariot. The term particularly refers to the annual Ratha Yatra in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and other East Indian states, particularly the Odia festival that involve a ...

Harihat Mahotsav

Harihat Mahotsav is the oldest carnival of Hindol. The original name Harihat Mela was converted to Harihat Mahotsav in 2016. But Harihat Mela was an ancient traditional carnival of Hindol that was started many years before the Twentieth Yatra.

Hindol Laxmi Puja Committee

Hindol Town 15 Laxmi Puja Committees. * Radhakrushna Laxmi Puja Committee, Nutanpatana * Bus Stand Laxmi Puja Committee, Amalapada * Maudamani Laxmi Puja Committee, Post Office * Medical Choka Laxmi Puja Committee * Kalapana Bazar Laxmi Puja Committee, Nizigarhapatana * Mera Bazar Laxmi Puja Committee * Karigar Sahi Laxmi Puja Committee * Satya Sahi Laxmi Puja Committee, Nutanpatana-A * Gopala Sahi Laxmi Puja Committee, Nutanpatana-B * Banamalipur Laxmi Puja Committee * Pitabali Laxmi Puja Committee * Gopalapur Laxmi Puja Committee-A * Gopalapur Laxmi Puja Committee-B * Radhanathapura Laxmi Puja Committee * Champati Sahi Laxmi Puja Committee

Governance

Hindol is an Odisha Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituency within the

parliamentary ( Lok Sabha) constituency.

History

Hindol was founded from Dudurkote (established before 800 AD) in 1554 by two brothers named Lakshman Mahratta and Bharat Mahratta. They belonged to the family of the Khimedi Raja of Ganjam, which also ruled over areas in the

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region. After the East India Company occupied Odisha in September–October 1803, treaties were signed with estates of the region, including Hindol.

Rulers

Sarbarakar & Royal Responsibilities

Hindol was the home to the

with the Odisha States Agency during the British Raj. After the East India Company occupied Odisha from September to October in 1803, treaties were signed with estates of the region, including

. After Independence, the state merged into the

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in 1947. Thereafter in 1948, when all the princely states including

, Talcher, Athmallik,

Pal Lahara Pal Lahara is a small town in Angul district of the state of Odisha and located on NH6, where it intersects with NH23, by road north of Angul. Not far from the banks of the Rengali Reservoir which is to the west, the Malayagiri Forest Rang ...

and Hindol formally merged with the province of Odisha, the present-day Dhenkanal district was created.

References

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