Padmapur is a village in the

Rayagada district Rayagada district is a district in southern Odisha, a state in India, which became a separate district in October 1992. Its population consists mainly of tribes, primarily the Khonds and the Soras. In addition to Odia, Kui and Sora are s ...

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, India. It is the most populated village and one of the identified tourist centers of the district. A hillock adjoins the village to its northern side to enhance the scenic beauty of the place. A 7th century inscription found here, in the Nilakantheswar Temple (a religious place i.e. the shrine of Lord Manikeswar Shiva), indicates that the Jagamanda hill, located close by, once housed the monastery of the famous Buddhist logician-philosopher

Dharmakirti Dharmakīrti (fl. c. 6th or 7th century; Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་; Wylie: ''chos kyi grags pa''), was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nālandā.Tom Tillemans (2011)Dharmakirti Stanford ...

Demography

Padmapur is a populated village in Rayagada district situated about 67 km away from the district headquarters. India

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, Padmapur village had a population of 6530.The total population of the village as per the

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was 6654 out of which the male population is 3411 and the female population is 3243. The postal Index Number (PIN) of padmapur is 765025.

Geography

Padmapur is located at . It has a mixed

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of mountain and coastal plain.

Transport

There is no direct rail or air communication to Padmapur. The nearest airport is in

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(240 km) and the nearest railway station is in Gunupur. One can reach Padmapur via Rayagada by

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buses or private buses.

Temples

A number of old and new temples in and around Padmapur, as detailed below, attract the nearby mass during festive seasons. * The seventh century-old Nilakantheswar temple at Padmapur (a shrine to

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) on the top of the hillock adjoining the village. This temple is also believed to be the Mallikeshwara temple * The temple of Mallikeswar at the foot of the hillock, which is built of red rocks * The temple of Dhabaleswar beside the temple of Mallikeswar * Another temple of Pudukeswar close to these temples at the foot of the hillock, * The Radhakrushna temple in New Street * The Giridhari temple in the Badasahi * The Gopinatha temple or Dasima Matha * The Trinath temple beside the road leading to Gunupur * The Gramadevati temple at the heart of the village * The Gayatri temple on the hillock area * The temple of Hanumana and the temple of Sai Baba on the hillock * Another small temple of Trinath at Jhumuruguda beside the main road

Education

Padmapur has a number of educational institutions. Some of them are: * The Govt. Bijayananda High School * The Govt. Boys' Upper Primary School near Markama street * The Primary school at Medical Colony in the village * The Primary School at Hatapada in the village * The Girls' High School * The R.G.(Junior) College * Triveni +2 Science College * The Ideal Public School * The Aryan English Medium School at Padmapur * The Gajanana Vidya Niketana (Odia medium) * The Saraswati Sishu Mandir (Odia medium)

Notable people

Nagbhushan Patnaik Nagbhushan Patnaik (who was born on 27 November 1934 and died on 9 October 1998) was known as a communist revolutionary from Odisha. Born in a middle-class family to Ramamurty Patnaik and Rajalaxmi Patnaik in Padmapur on 27 November 1934, Nagb ...

, a Communist leader, was born at Padmapur in 1934

References

External links

Official website of Rayagada district
{{Rayagada district Villages in Rayagada district