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The Mahanadi is an important river in the state of Odisha. This river flows slowly for about 900 kilometres (560 mi) and deposits more silt than any other river in the Indian subcontinent. The cities of Cuttack and Sambalpur were prominent trading places in the ancient world and the river itself has been referred to as the Manada in Ptolemy's ...
The Birupa River is a river which flows through the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a distributary of the Mahanadi River . It originates from the Mahanadi 's upper reaches and joins the Brahmani River at Krushnanagar before emptying into the Bay of Bengal at Dhamra . [ 3 ]
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In 2015, Anita's book Mahanadi was published. The eponymous book is written with the river Mahanadi in the first person. It tells the story of a river that flows through some of the least developed (and poorest) regions of Chhattisgarh and Odisha, and the profound influence of the river on the regions society, culture and economics. [citation ...
The alluvial valley is wide and relatively flat with a meandering river channel that changes its course. [1] The Mahanadi River flows slowly for 900 kilometres (560 mi) and has an estimated drainage area of 132,100 square kilometres (51,000 sq mi). [2] It deposits more silt than almost any other river in the Indian subcontinent. [3]
Shivnath River (or Seonath River) is the longest tributary of the Mahanadi River, [1] which joins Changori in the Janjgir-Champa district in Chhattisgarh, India. It has a total course of 290 kilometres (180 mi). The name comes from the god Shiva [2] in Hinduism.
The old traditions are still celebrated in the annual Boita Bandana festival including its major celebration at Cuttack on the banks of Mahanadi river called Bali Jatra, and are held for seven days in October-November at various coastal districts, most famous at Cuttack though.
One day, the king crossed the Mahanadi and came towards the southern side. Here he noticed in the Barabati village belonging to the Ko-danda sub-division that near the god Visweswar, a heron had jumped upon a hawk. Seeing this, the king was very much surprised; on an auspicious day, he laid the foundation of construction of the fort and this ...