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PAPAKHYAGHAT INTRODUCTION In India there are more than 1300cr godan dgoddess are worshipped.Our culture is very vastanddiverseheredifferent religion devotees are lived and ourconstitution gives us freedom to follow any religion that we want to follow.In stea do fall the sehere 60% population follow Hinduism.

The place Papakhya is a hindhu Pilgrimage siteissituatedon the bank of river mahanadi near binika town of sonepur district(Odisha).Here 3temples are built along this one is lord shiva's Lord hanuman's and Lord jagannath's. A thousands of year old and near ly200fts banyantreeisherewhichis theimportanttur‐istattraction of this place.The Watery river Mahanadi and the banyan treeenhance the beauty of the place.

ABOUTTHEPLACE

Papakhya is 2km away from the town Binka it is of the famous picnicspot that is near this town. It is as a feand beautifullplace for picnic andother activities.Thousands of people are come to here foren joying the beauty of the natur every year.

HISTORY AnangabhimaDeva III1211-1238A.D.He was ruledlargeex ten to fterritorythatstretchedfromthe river Gangain the north to Godavari in the South.It was heared that he was suffer from a bad disease.when he spitting The worms were comingou to fhismouth. Once he came to this holly place and take a barth from the river andhe found that he was free from his baddisease. thenherealise that this place is nota normal place.He feel the spirituality of that place. After that he stay edinavillagenear the papakhya.Due to raja stayed there the village named as rahila .rahila means stayed inodiya language. Rajabringsﬂowerformaplaceneartoitforlordshivaso the place named as phulmuthi .phulmuthi means aﬁstfullofﬂowers. This may be sounds like a consconsperance theory but these are link edwi the achother and people truly believe this.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLACE

The main signiﬁcance of the place is it's calmnessandit'snaturalbeauty. TheMahanadiriverandtheoldbanyantreeattractmanynaturallovertogothere.

The branches of the main tree are like a tree initself.Anarrowpassageisthereinthesteamofmain tree.peoplebelievesthatwhentheypassthroughthepassagetheybecomefreefromsin,sothousandsof peoplecomeheretogothroughthepass.

The Mahanadi river enterodishafromchhattisgarhanditdrainintothebayofBengal.Mahanadiislifelineofodishaitisthemainsource ofwaterforirrigation. Mahanadiisresourcefulandmostbeautifulalso.Inpapakhya Mahanadi compliment it's beautiful andgivesit'sasceneryview.

SOMEFESTIVALSWHICHARECELEBRATEHERE–

Papakhyaghat is famous for it's some festivals andrituals.amongthosesomearegivenhere.

1.	PapakhyaLocoMohhasav-LocalfestivalsofBinikacommunity.theyarecelebratedinthemonthof December. It is a 2 day and 3 night programme.Manyfamouslocalpersonalityconductthiseventforenjoymentpurpose.

2.	KartikaPurnima-inthisdaypeoplecomehereforvisitthisholyplaceandafterbaththeyworshiptherivermahanadiandﬂoatthierpaperboat,soalboaton it.

3.	,solareclipse,lunareclipse-inthesedayspeople comeherefor bath.They believethatafter takingbath fromheretheyarepuriﬁed.