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- Locality
- Jajpur
- Region
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Population
- 42,157
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jajpur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top, left to right: View of Ratnagiri, Odisha, Meditating Shiva statue, Baitarani River, Jagateswar Temple, Jajpur, Biraja Temple
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Odisha#India
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Odisha, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Odisha
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- district
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jajpur
- Settlement.established_date
- 10th century
- Settlement.founder
- Jajati Keshari
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Collector and District Magistrate of Jajpur
- Settlement.leader_name
- Singh Rathore
- Settlement.leader_title2
- Superintendent of Police
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Shri Rahul P R
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology and names
- History
- Geography and climate
- Demographics
- Education
- Colleges
- High schools
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Jajpur (also known as Jajapur) () is a town and a municipality in Jajpur district in the Indian state of Odisha. It was the capital of the Kesari dynasty, later supplanted by Cuttack. It is the headquarter of Jajpur district.
== Etymology and names == Jajpur, the place of the ancient Biraja Temple, was originally known as Biraja. Other names of the town in the ancient texts include Viranja, Varanja-nagara, Varaha-tirtha. The Bhauma-Kara kings established their capital city of Guhadevapataka (or Guheshvarapataka), identified with modern Gohiratikar (or Gohiratikra) near Jajpur. The later Somavanshi kings moved their capital from Yayatinagara (modern Binka) to Guheshvarapataka, and renamed the town Abhinava-Yayatinagara ("the new city of Yayati").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jajpur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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