Kakatpur is a town and Notified Area Council in Puri district in the Indian state of Odisha .
7-406: Kakatpur is located at 20°00′07″N 86°12′05″E / 20.0019°N 86.2015°E / 20.0019; 86.2015 . It has an average elevation of 17 m (56 ft). Kakatpur situated in the bank of ancient Prachi River . The Prachi Valley Civilization grew in this periphery which traces its inception from Stone Age . As it is the site of Mahanadi River Delta , It used to be
14-415: A robust trade route for Sadhabas for their trade to South-East Asia . Evolution of the name of this place is associated with the deity Maa Mangala as believed by the locals of Kakatpur. Goddess Mangala kept herself hidden under the deep water of river Prachi. Once a boatman was sailing his boat across river. Due to heavy rain and flood like situation he spent whole night in the middle of river. Just before
21-601: The Prachi Valley that had come up around the Prachi river, which gradually disappeared. Prachi Valley civilisation is believed to be earlier than that of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro flourished on the banks of Prachi river. Prachi Valley civilisation has contributed a lot towards amalgamation, assimilation and proliferation of different religious faiths and cults. Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi on 19 May 2022 met Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and discussed
28-433: The dawn, Goddess Mangala came in his dream and asked him to recover her from the water and place her in nearby Mangalapur village . The boatman dived directly into the water and took the idol out from the river. After this the boatman saw a black crow dived into the exact spot where Maa Mangala was recovered and did not come out. In Odia language , Crow means Kaa-kaw (କାକ) and Detained means Aw-taw-kaw (ଅଟକ). So by combining
35-554: The modern day districts of Puri, Khurda, Cuttack and Jagatsingpur comprise the Prachi valley region. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered pottery pieces, and tools made of stones and bones believed to be of the pre-Christian era from a mound in Jalalpur village of Cuttack district, Odisha. Discoveries of ancient artefacts indicated that a rural settlement might have thrived in that period. These settlements could have had cultural and trade ties with other settlements in
42-585: The seat in State elections in 2019. Kakatpur is a part of Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency . Prachi River The Prachi , a small river of over 78 km in length with a catchment area of around 600 km , a part of the Mahanadi River Delta in Odisha along the eastern coast of India is an important topographical as well as cultural landscape. Presently the parts of
49-571: The two words it becomes Kakat (Kaakaw-Awtawkaw). During the course of time the Mangalapur village became Kakatpur and the Goddess is known as Kakatpur Mangala. On 13 March 2024, the Government of Odisha upgraded Kakatpur village to be a NAC . Kakatpur is a part of Kakatpur Assembly Constituency . Current MLA from Kakatpur Assembly Constituency is Tusharakanti Behera of BJD , who won
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