KORAPUT- GREEN PARADISE OF
ODISHA
koraput,a land filled with beautiful Nature,attractive scenery. Due to it's KBK district status everyone think that it is one of the backward districts. But it's a completely mis-perception of people who thinks so.over the years when people are knowing about this place more and more they loved their trip with families, they come here for jobs and eventually become a local resident here.so today I will take you on a journey where you can experience culturally rich, Geographically stable,Economically strong and Naturally beautiful koraput district.
once koraput district was the largest district in odisha,after 1992 it divided into 4 different districts Rayagada, Malkangiri,koraput and Nowrangpur. talking about Geographical location it is situated at 17.4 degree to 20.7degree North latitude and 81.24 degree to 84.2 degree east longitude. it's fully covered with east mountain class, and about 200km distance from sea water level,no long river flowing through which can cause for a devastating flood.It's atmosphere is quite pleasure during summer days no humidity,controlled rain in rainy season and a joyable winter one can experience here.
Nature and natural beauty of koraput have the potential to attract everyone, God designed the nature of koraput with hills , rivers, lakes as well as waterfalls.The highest mountain peak of odisha Deomali located here, which is about 1762 meter highest from sea water level, it's one of the main tourist attractions in winters,odisha's largest waterfall Duduma waterfall falls here, besides this other considerable waterfalls are Raniduduma waterfall waterfalls,Bagra waterfalls,shakti waterfalls. Also it's having some beautiful lakes those are damonjodi lake,kechela lake.also this district blessed with some rivers like Bansadhara river, kolab river and machkund river.
As per history this region was ruled by several dynasties like satavahans,iskavakus, Nalas,Ganga kings and kings of sun dynasty.It's also claimed by some historians that it's border was long till vijaynagar district which is now located in andhra pradesh. Different capitals were made by different kings on this region,later on king Vikram dev Verma one of the most considerable king moved it's capital from Nandapur to Jeypore.now the half broken palace is the only witness which tells about the glorious past.
In cultural terms this district is well known and acclaimed both Nationally and Globally. Lifestyle of tribes, their living huts, handmade leaf plates appreciated throughout globe,Different tribal communities like Bonda, koya,Bonda,kandho's are it's original residents. Their living and income mostly depends on harvesting and forest products like Tamarind,Mahua flowers, Mahua seeds, sal seeds, hill brooms , honey and jhoona which having a high demand in local markets as well as other districts.for harvesting they have unique way known as "podu chasa" , which means they burn the hilly lands then they start harvesting on it.
Beautiful scenery , Rich culture sums up with a healthy social life among the people, common festivals like dushera, Ganesh chaturthi, Ratha yatra celebrated here with joy and chaos, also some local festivals like Ghoto yatra, chaiti festivals celebrated among tribal communities. To encourage tribals and their handmade products and to promote tribal livings every year here celebrated a three days festival named as "parab" . Parab also encourages the youth of the district by organizing different events like sports, cultural nights as well as talent shows. Also koraput tribals perform on their famous dance known as "dhamsa" during the cultural nights during the festival parab.
Talking about economic contributions of district koraput,The Engine division of Hindustan aeronautics Limited ( HAL) which is a defense venture by Government of India located in sunabeda. National Aluminum company (Nalco) one of the Maharatna PSU deals with the Extraction of Alumina from bauxite located at damonjodi.beside this two there are two hydropower corporations are present which generates power. These plants established on two different dams one is on kolab river dam and another one is Machkund river dam.They both have the capacity of generating 320 MW of power and 36 MW of power for odisha.also koraput having it's own brand of coffee launched by Tribal development co-operative corporation of odisha, which is odisha's first ever own coffee brand now also available on e-commerce sites like Amazon.
Also koraput district have some sacred places which plays a major role in the social and cultural aspects of the district.among them sabara shrikhetra,Gupteswar temple,kantabaunsuni temple have their own significances , these are also plays the role of major tourist place in the district.
As a whole koraput is a district full of attractive places . It's culture, social lifestyles and medium climate makes it a heaven for tourism and tourists,that's why it is called as green paradise of odisha.
A BLOG BY
Tarini Shankar Bishoyee
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