historian, who discovered many astonishing facts about Lord jagannatah and the temple. He is the only historian from odisha who can decipher the pali and ancient rock inscriptions (palaeographical) of Odisha. He was given the kendra shaiyta Ekademi Award for his Mo Jeevana Sangrama (Autobiography). He died in the year 2001. Krushna Sri Chandan: 1590: A minister in the Court of Khemundi Maharaj Padmanabh Deo. He was a great poet and a dramatist.
Hari Krushna Maharana (Mahapatra)
1662-1734: A great artist/painter.
Chaitanya Rajaguru (1758-1702)
A poet in the Court of Gajapati Jagannatha Narayana Deo. He was a great Astroleger. He had prepared the horoscope of Mohgul King Aurangz Jeb.
Aparna Panda (1860–1927)
A teacher by profession in the Maharaja’s High School of Paralakhemundi, was the private tutor of Maharaja Sri Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo, Secretary of the Gajapati Press & also an Astrologer of repute.
Apanna Parichha (1878–1938)
A great dramatist. He had established a theater in the name of ‘Padmanabha Rangalaya’.
Nilamani Panigrahy (1869–1967)
A great Astrologer. For his outstanding performances he was conferred with ‘Sidhanta’ by the maharani of Nabarangapur. (Nakshetra Nirnaya)
Padmanabha Narayana Deo (1872 December, 15 - *10 February 1904)
He had mastery over Oriya, Hindi, Bengali & Telegu language. He had established the ‘Gajapati Press’. He is memorable for his distinction work in ‘Drama’.
Ananta Charan Patra
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