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  2. The Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011 - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of India and several other legal documents were drafted with the changed names for which it was necessary for a process of legal enactment. The State Cabinet approved for the move in June 2008 and the government of Odisha passed a resolution in the state assembly in August 2008 for the purpose and sent it for Center's approval ...

  3. Odisha - Wikipedia

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    Odisha (English: / ə ˈ d ɪ s ə /; [19] Odia: ⓘ), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), [20] is a state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area , and the eleventh-largest by population , with over 41 million inhabitants.

  4. History of Odisha - Wikipedia

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    The region which comprises the modern-day Odisha was not known by the same name throughout history. It and parts of it were referred by different names in different era. Kalinga: According to some scriptures (Mahabharata and some Puranas), a king Bali, the Vairocana, the son of Sutapa, had no sons.

  5. Orisha - Wikipedia

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    Orishas (singular: orisha) [1] are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such as Haitian Vaudou, Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican Santería and Brazilian Candomblé.

  6. Odia language - Wikipedia

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    Odia (/ ə ˈ d iː ə /; [1] [11] ଓଡ଼ିଆ, ISO: Oṛiā, pronounced ⓘ; [12] formerly rendered as Oriya) is a classical Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha.

  7. List of city and town nicknames in India - Wikipedia

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    Cultural and Historical Hub Of Chola Dynasty – Tamil Nadu; Coimbatore (Kongu,Cheran) Manchester of South India [71] [72] Capital of Kongu Nadu; Capital of Chera Nadu; Engineering City of South India; Pump City of India; Motor sport capital of India; Salem (Seralam, Cheralam, Sailam) Mango City; Geologist Paradise; Mini London of Tamil Nadu ...

  8. Perumal (deity) - Wikipedia

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    Tamil Sangam literature (200 BCE to 500 CE) mentions Mayon or the "dark one," as the supreme deity who creates, sustains, and destroys the universe and was worshipped in the mountains of Tamilakam. The verses of Paripadal describe the glory of Perumal in the most poetic of terms. Many Poems of the Paripadal consider Perumal as the Supreme god ...

  9. Culture of Odisha - Wikipedia

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    Pattachitra is a traditional painting of Odisha, India. [4] These paintings are based on Hindu mythology and specially inspired by Jagannath and Vaishnava sect. [5] All colours used in the Paintings are natural and paintings are made fully old traditional way by Chitrakaras that is Odiya Painter.