Latitude and longitude of Raghurajpur

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"RAGHURAJPUR" ,To reach Raghurajpur one has to get down at Chandanpur, which is 10K.M from Puri and 50 K.M from Bhubaneswar on NH-203, connecting Puri and Bhubaneswar. From Chandanpur, one has to take cycle-rickshaw or walk on 1.8 K.M zigzag scenic village road to reach the village. There is a small Railway station (Passenger halt) at Janakadeipur (Chandanpur). One may also hire a taxi either from Puri or From Bhubaneswar to reach the village. The coconut, Palm-shaded village is quite different from other village of the state. The village has a community of artisans who product different varieties of handicrafts items such as Patta Paintings, Palm leaf engravings, Stone carvings, Paper made toys and masks, Wood carvings, Wooden toys, Cow-dung toys and Tasser Paintings etc. Perhaps nowhere else in India one finds such a congregation of so many art works at one place. One comes across the best tradition of Odisha paintings and some of the finest pieces of art work of this village. The artistic overtures of Raghurajpur is also complemented by a living tradition of performing art known as Gotipua, the earlier form of Odishi dance. A worthy son of Odisha Late Padmabibhusan Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra, the doyen of Odishi dance was born in this village and had his early trainings in Gotipua tradition here.

Latitude: 19° 32' 13.20" N
Longitude: 85° 29' 36.96" E

Nearest city to this article: Rambha

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