Bargarh
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| State : | Odisha | ||
| District : | Bargarh | ||
| Location : | 21 ° 21 ′ N , 83 ° 37 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 170 m | ||
| Residents : | 80,625 (2011) | ||
Bargarh (also Baragarh ) is a city in the Indian state of Odisha .
It is the administrative seat of the district of the same name and the main town in Tehsil of the same name . 80,625 inhabitants live in Bargarh (2011 census).
Culture
Every year the eleven-day festival Dhanuyatra is held, during which the city and the surrounding villages represent a mythological story in the form of a huge open-air theater. The story of a rebirth of the god Krishna is told, who kills the tyrannical king Kansa .
traffic
Bargarh is on the national highways NH 6 and NH 201 to Bhawanipatna . With the railway there are connections towards Sambalpur and Luis Inga . Bargarh is also connected to the Hirakud Reservoir by a canal .
Web links
- All the town is a stage in The Hindu from January 18, 2004
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.census2011.co.in
- ↑ www.census2011.co.in
- ↑ Prabhukalayan Mohapatra: Dhanuyatra of Bargarh: World's Biggest Open-Air-Theater In: Orissa review December 2005, pp. 52-53 online ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
