Laxmisagar (ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀସାଗର) is a famous place in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha. Etymologically the name is derived from the words "

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", meaning the

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of Wealth, and "Sagar", which in Sanskrit means the sea or ocean. Laxmisagar is famous for the Central Jail, which is one of the biggest jails in Odisha. Many big names including well-known political prisoners and notorious criminals have spent time in the Central Jail at Laxmisagar. The open space in front of the jail has been a place for film shooting, where many famous imprisonment and jail-break scenes have been videographed in a great number of Oriya films.

Major landmarks

Apart from the central jail, the other major landmarks of Laxmisagar are the Central Institute of Indian Languages - Eastern Chapter (popularly known as the ''Eastern Regional Language Centre'') and the ''Gram Sevika ( anganwadi) Taalim Kendra'' (Lady Village Workers' Training Centre), both of which are located in peaceful idyllistic sylvan surrounding. The Language Centre imparts training in translation and comparative linguistics in various eastern Indian languages such as

Odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...

, Bengali,

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and Santali and local dialects of Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar and the North-eastern states of India. It is a place of scholastic research where eminent translators and linguists from all over India commingle to share their knowledge. The ''Gram Sevika Taalim Kendra'' at Laxmisagar is the largest of its kind in Orissa. It provides residential accommodation and training facility to hundreds of rural women, including tribal ladies, at a time. The Gokulananda Maharathi Law College (affiliated under

Utkal University Utkal University (UU) is a Public university in Bhubaneswar, Khordha district, Khordha, Odisha, and is the oldest university in Odisha, the state, and the 17th-oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating university. The pre ...

) has also a campus inside the Laxmisagar Municipal Highschool compound. The Regional Traffic Training Institute is also situated in Laxmisagar, where the headquarters of the Seventh Battalion of Orissa Armed Forces was located.

Places of interest

Laxmisagar is situated on the Cuttack- Puri main road between Rasulgarh square and Kalpana square. It is well known for its meat market and abattoir, people from all over Bhubaneswar come here to purchase good quality mutton. The famous temples in and around Laxmisagar are the ''Maa Dalakhai'' temple, '' Hanuman'' temple, ''

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'' temple, Trinath Temple, patitapabana temple and ''Buddheswari'' temple. The Bhubaneswar Stock Exchange was also situated in Laxmisagar near Cuttack Road.

Famous personalities

The famous

film stars

Bijoy Mohanty Bijay Mohanty (8 April 1950 – 20 July 2020) was an Indian actor in Odia Cinema. He was honored a National Film Award. Personal life ;Early life Mohanty was born in 1950 at Pandiri, Kendrapara and brought up in Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Odisha. H ...

and Jayaraj ''(Jayee)'' have resided here. The eminent writer and compiler of ''Gyanamandal'' (the famous Oriya encyclopaedia),

Binod Kanungo Binod Kanungo (1912–1990) was an Odia author, freedom fighter, Gandhian, educator, social reformer and compiler of the ''Gyana Mandala'', which is the greatest encyclopaedia in the Odia language. He also won the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award for ...

compiled his magnum opus at the Eastern Regional Language Centre in Laxmisagar.

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Neighbourhoods in Bhubaneswar

Major landmarks

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Famous personalities

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