Kukudakhandi

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Map of Ganjam District

Kukudakhandi (कुकुड़ाहांडी) is a tahsil town in Ganjam district of Orissa, India.

Jat clans

Following Jat clans have similarity with places shown in bold in this tahsil/block. There is need to further research this correlation.

• Kukada (कूकडा)

Thakurani Yatra

10-day-long the festival of kukudakhandi Thakurani, popularly known as 'Thakurani Yatra' comes once in every five year. Initially the famous Thakurani yatra was started in Berhampur. According to some eminent historians, the cult of Buddhi Thakurani originated along with the emergence of Berhampur town in and around 1672 AD. Telugu Lengayat Dera (weaver) community, who came to Mahuri on the invitation of Raja Saheb of Mahuri to take up their profession of weaving, started their ‘Ghata Yatra’ (Pot Festival) for highlighting the divinity of Mahamayee Thakurani of his capital town Berhampur. The Chief of the Dera community, Kota Chandramani Kubera Senapati, led his community people to migrate to Mahuri and Berhampur who settle down into their hereditary profession of weaving tussar silken products or ‘patta matha’. The ‘Ghata Yatra’ was initiated for the purpose of highlighting the tradition of worshiping Thakurani. This later considered as Thakurani Yatra. Now this festival is not only celebrated in Berhampur but also in different parts across the district of Ganjam. Apart from Berhampur, people of Kukudakhandi, Boirani (Kabisurya Nagar), Bhanja Nagar, Asika, Chhatrapur also celebrate this festival as Thakurani Yatra.

कुकुड़ाहांडी

कुकुड़ाहांडी भारत के ओड़िशा राज्य के गंजम ज़िले में स्थित एक नगर है।

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