Deogaon is a small village on the Kusei River in the Kendujhar District

Kendujhar District

Kendujhar District, also known as Keonjhar District, is an administrative district of Orissa state in eastern India. The town of Kendujhar or Kendujhargarh is the district headquarters....

 of Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It lies at a distance of 10 km. from Anandapur

Anandapur

Anandapur is a town and a municipality of Kendujhar district in the state of Orissa, India.- Toponymy :The name Anandapur derives from आनन्द सहर -Geography:...

, 90 km. from the district headquarters 'Kendujhar

Kendujhar

Kendujhar is a city and a municipality in Kendujhar District in the Indian state of Orissa. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kendujhar district.-Geography:...

' and 170 km. from Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

, the state capital.

It is a village within the Ghasipura

Ghasipura

Ghasipura is a sensus town and an administrative block in the Anandapur Subdivision of Kendujhar District, Orissa, India. It lies on the way from Bhubaneswar to Kendujhar at a distance of 160 km from the former and 80 km from the later...

 Block of Anandapur

Anandapur

Anandapur is a town and a municipality of Kendujhar district in the state of Orissa, India.- Toponymy :The name Anandapur derives from आनन्द सहर -Geography:...

 Subdivision. The people of the village are Hindus. Most of the people are farmers, a few work in government and private sectors. The major part of the youth in the village are engaged in various types of businesses.

The neighbourhood villages are Bangarakota , Tarimul, Kesadurapal.

Places of interest

The village is located on the bank of the Kusei River. It has a unique place in the culture of the kendujhar District. In the past it was a flourishing seat of Buddhism. A 5 feet high image of Abalokiteswar stands there as reminiscence of the Buddhism in the past.

Kushaleshwar Temple

The temple of Kushaleswar built in 900 A.D. is a famous centre of pilgrimage. It is one of the holiest shrine of Lord Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

 in the district. On the occasion of Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivratri or Maha Sivaratri or Shivaratri or Sivarathri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha of the month of Maagha or Phalguna...

 a large fair is organized at this place that lasts for more than half a month. Devotees from around the state come to worship in the temple.

Pathara Bandha

It is one of the most important monuments of the place. It is the stone embankment on the river Kusei which is the second of its kind in the state; the first being the embankment on the river Kathajodi at Katak

Katak

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