Cuttack

Cuttack

( Barabati fort in Cuttack )

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Cuttack the ancient city of Odisha is a city of rich heritage and culture. The name of the city, Cuttack, is derived from the Sanskrit word "Kataka", which means a military camp or a fort or a government seat protected by an army. Standing at the apex of the delta formed by the Mahanadi rovers in the north and Kathjodi in the south, it is also the commercial capital and the second-largest city of Odisha. With its world-famous works of filigree of silver, ivory and brass and textiles of woven silk and cotton, the city of Cuttack is perhaps the largest showroom in Odisha.

Cuttack was founded in 989 AD and was the capital of Odisha for almost nine centuries before Bhubaneswar became the capital in 1948. It was established as a military settlement by Kind Nrupa Keshari of the Keshari dynasty in 989 AD as mentioned in Madalapanji, a Chronicle of the Jagannath Temple of Puri. Later, Cuttack has witnessed the dominance of the Ganga dynasty and the Solar dynasty until it passed into the hands of Muslim rules and later of the Mughals after the death of Mukunda Deva.

During the 18th century, under Maratha Rule Cuttack it flourished as a business center, as it was a convenient point of contact between the Marathas of Nagpur and the English merchants of Bengal. It was occupied by the British in 1803 and then became the capital of the Odisha division in 1816. Even after Bhubaneswar became the capital, Cuttack, an unplanned city, is characterized by a maze of streets, lanes, and lanes. They have given him the nickname of a city with Baban Bazaar, Tappan Galee and that is, 52 markets and 53 streets. In recent times, the city has expanded across the Kathjori River and a new municipality has emerged towards the head through the Kathjori River and a new municipality has emerged towards the head of the delta formed between the Kathjori and Mahanadi distributions.

( Cuttack railway station )

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The close interpersonal relationship, community life, and old-world values ​​make Cuttack a great village rather than a city. Cuttack is best known as a city of brotherhood or Bhai-Chara, where people from all religious communities have resided for centuries in harmony and cooperation.

Cuttack is a city of brotherhood or Bhai-Chara where people from all religious communities have resided for centuries in harmony and cooperation. It is here that religious festivals are held ranging from Dussehra, Holi, and Diwali to Id and Christmas with equal fervor. and devotion to people from all communities.

( World famous Durga puja of Cuttack )

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In addition to temples, the city of Cuttack has some ancient structures that belong to other religions. The historical sanctuary of Sikh "The Gurdwara Daatan Sahib" is located here. It is here that the first Sikh Guru, Shree Guru the Nanak Dev, stopped on his way to Puri, back in the fifteenth century. It is believed that a "Sahara" tree planted by him after using one of his twigs as a toothbrush still blooms here, hence the name of Daatan Sahib.

During the passage of time, numerous Muslim monuments have been built in Cuttack. The Qadam-I-Rasool is a beautiful monument built by Shujaddin Khan. It contains the footprint of the Prophet Muhammad engraved on a circular stone. The outer dome is adorned with a golden pinnacle. Shahi Mosque is located inside Fort Barabati.

Although there are several churches in Cuttack, the oldest of all is the Church of the Epiphany on the path of cantonment built-in 1865.

The city of Cuttack has the distinction of having four Jain sanctuaries of modern origin. The Digambar Jain temple in Choudhury Bazar, built during the second half of the 20th century, stands out for its artistic design.

Oriya is the official state court language in East India, in the Bay of Bengal, with 22 million speakers in Orissa according to the 1981 census of India. He is a close relative of his northern Bengali neighbor, but it is written in a completely different script. Outside of Oriya, the language is also spoken in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Bihar. Oriya's literature dates back at least to the thirteenth century. Oriya's written language retains a conservative spelling system that owes much to Sanskrit. The sound system is simplified from Sanskrit, so there are some redundant letters in writing. Oriya also has numerous dialect differences.

Its morphology and syntax are broadly similar to Bengali, and the two languages ​​are similar because they have largely lost most of the ancient Indo-Aryan grammatical gender system, replacing it with the natural gender. The Oriya verbal system is distinguished by great use of impersonal constructions.