Kusupur is a village in

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

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. The village is known for the GajaLaxmi Puja, Dasahara and Dola.

Jagannath Jagannath ( or, ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ, lit=Lord of the Universe, Jagannātha; formerly en, Juggernaut) is a deity worshipped in regional Hindu traditions in India and Bangladesh as part of a triad along with his brother Balabhadra, and sister ...

Temple called Birupa Srikhetra, Maa Narayani Chandi, Maa Pingulei, Gopinath Mandir, Maa Sidhesware, Mausimaa mandira, Akhandalamani, Tarini Mandire and Syamasundar are the deities of the village. Most of the people are occupied in business or the service industries; a few live from agriculture. Two U.P Schools one for boys and one for girls were established before

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. Nanda Kishore Vidya Mandir, a Government High School named after Pallikabi Nanda Kishore Bal, was established in 1945. Facilities include a bank, a sub-post office, telephone exchange, government high school, full electrification, and ''pacca'' road and drainage system. It is the birthplace of Pallikabi

Nanda Kishore Bal Nanda Kishore Bal (22 December 1875 – 1 July 1928), was an Indian poet of the era of initial modernity in Odia poetry. He was born at Kusupur village in the Cuttack district of Odisha. He was initially named as Rasananda Jena. Later he was ado ...

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{{Cuttack district Villages in Cuttack district