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INRODUCTION:       The village Ayatpur is in Cuttack Sadar of Cuttack District in Odisha, which takes pride of producing the great personality, Philanthropist and the great Socialist Parsuram Mohapatra. He was born to the wrestwhile Jamindar Shri Divyasingha Mohapatra. Parsuram was born in the month of April, 1917 to Divyasingha Babu & Bajeni Devi. He was the second son out of 03 brothers and 05 sisters. From childhood Parsuram was very talented and liked by his parents and teachers.

EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTION:   As he grew up during the reign of British rule, he felt the call of oppressed sections of society and supported the freedom struggle wholeheartedly. During any ill treatment to the poor sections, by the stronger sections, he had objected the oppression and tried to protect their rights. He understood that the cause of oppression and penury in the society was the absence of proper mass education in the villages. To correct the system, he obtained the Government registration for opening new Upper Primary School in the village of Ayatpur. Later he donated his own land and obtained grant to open Middle English School. The Children from his village Ayatpur had to walk up to far distance like either Sidheswar Pur or Biribati to attend to High School education. To eradicate the wrong customs and poverty from society, he thought to spread the rate of education by setting up a High School in his village Ayatpur. For obtaining the land, After donating his own land, he persuaded his dynastic brothers to donate the total land of 15 Acres for setting up the High School. After a lot of struggle, he obtained Government Registration and permission to open the High school in the village in the year 1967. Apart from donating the huge share from his own, he collected donations from well offs to build the School building. With this funds, he built the High School and Middle English school buildings. He remained Chairman of the Governing bodies of the UP School, M.E. School & High School in the village. He recruited all able candidates as teachers in the schools and obtained Government grants for the Schools. Then he tried his best to convert these three Schools as Government Schools, so that direct Government grants can come to schools and the Government can take control upon the Schools. He visited every family in the nearby 10 villages to spread the awareness of education & to send the boys & girls to the School for their education. Today he is not there, but his dreams are fulfilled. The M.E. school & High Schools have been merged to be named as Ayatpur High School & the Government has taken over the School management. The Ayatpur High School is a reputed School in the area. Thousands of children from nearby 10 villages have completed their studies in the School and are recognised high up in their careers.

RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION : Parsuram Mohapatra had very much religious faith. He celebrated the annual Holi festival very grandly at their clan temple of God Radha Govinda with organising Yatras from different part of Odisha. With such holy belief, he tried to unite the people of his village. He alongwith his friends had organised the holy Yagna at Sri Nageswar Nath Shiva Temple in Ayatpur Village. He was the first President of the Yagna Committee, which celebrated the 03 days of annual Yagna rituals during every year Shiva Rathri Festival for the well being of the whole World. The Yagna is still being celebrated by the able villagers of Ayatpur every year very grandly. Also he started the holy Ganesh Pandals Melana in the village Ayat Pur. Huge Statues of Ganesha were made in all the colonies in the village and also nearby villages. On the 07th day of Ganesha Puja, all the 20 to 30 Ganesha Medhas use to congragate at Ayatpur Gada together. From there the Ganesha pandals proceed to the Holy river of Mahanadi for the Visarjana with grand celebrations. People of atleast 20 villages wait patiently to participate in the annual Ganesha Visharjana celebrations every year. His efforts are still recognised by the able villagers of Ayatpur. His social and religious dedications have been accepted by the society.

SERVICE TO THE SOCIETY : Parsuram Babu was always a poor's friend. He never discriminated the caste, creed and class in the society. He was always present at the needys' doors at the time of their requirement. He use to take up the legal cases freely for the poor to ensure justice is served to them. He was front runner for spreading brotherhood and humanity across the caste and creed in the nearby villages. He released the famous Ayat Pur Matha from the illegal clutch of the Begali Shyam Jamindar and dedicated the same for the welfare of the Village. He was deer to the entire group of villages and commanded high respect by the villagers.

CONCLUSION : Parsuram Mohapatra was affected with the dreaded Diabetes and departed from this world on 7th January 1979. All the villages in the vicinity were stunned. The burning lamp which was lighting the entire village and nearby was extinguished. The teachers and students of the village schools, set up by him had mourned his death by declaring holiday on the day. The educational institutions, Yagna Committee & Ganesha Pandals, of whom he was the Committee head until his death are still progressing bearing his supreme legacy. A long years have been passed, but the people of this area still remember the Great Philanthropist and Socialist. We pray to God that such great souls should arrive on this earth very often and spread their sacred lights for the upliftment of the society. A Big Salute to BABU PARSURAM MOHAPATRA.