Papadahandi is a small town located in

Nabarangpur district Nabarangpur district, also known as Nabarangapur district or Nawarangpur district, is a district of Odisha, India. The city of Nabarangpur is the district capital. Most of its population is tribal and the land is heavily forested. It borders Ka ...

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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. It is the block headquarters of Papadahandi block. Papadahandi is situated on

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number 201. It is famous for the Ancient

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

temple and the Champa garden having hundreds of Champa tree. The Sahid Minar located on the bank of Turi river is a memorial.

Politics

Papadahandi comes under

Nabarangpur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) Nabarangpur (Sl. No.: 75) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nabarangpur district, Odisha. This constituency includes Nabarangpur, Nabarangpur block, Tentulikhunti block, Nandahandi block and 10 Gram panchayats (Madiagam, Chirma, Badambada, ...

and

Nabarangpur (Lok Sabha constituency) Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Nowrangpur Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. Assembly segments Before delimitation in 2008, the legislativ ...

. Current MLA for

is Sadasiva Pradhani from BJD. Current MP for Nabarangpur (Lok Sabha constituency) is

Ramesh Chandra Majhi Ramesh Chandra Majhi (born 9 April 1978) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Nabarangpur, Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal. He is ...

from BJD.

Culture

For the local people,

Dussehra Vijayadashami ( sa, विजयदशमी, Vijayadaśamī, translit-std=IAST), also known as Dussehra, Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navaratri every year. It is observed on the tenth day in the Hindu ...

is one of the major festival that has been celebrated in the month of Ashvina. Every year during the time of Dussehra peoples from the neighboring villages come here to see the Durga Puja Pandals and get blessings of Goddess Durga. For the development and renovation of Sri Nilakantheswar Mahadev Temple, recently Govt. of Odisha has approved for the opening of Pilgrim Amenities and community centre at Papadahandi Block. {{Nabarangpur district Cities and towns in Nabarangpur district