Junagarh is a town and a notified area committee in Kalahandi

Kalahandi

Kalahandi, , is a district of Orissa in India. The region had a glorious past and great civilization in ancient time. Archaeological evidence of stone age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilized, cultured and urban human...

 district in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 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...

. It was the capital of the former state of Kalahandi. Junagarh is 26 km from Bhawanipatna

Bhawanipatna

Bhawanipatnais the headquarters of Kalahandi District.Bhawanipatna is a town of numerous temples dedicated to different deities of Hindu pantheon. Named after its presiding deity "Bhawani-Shankar", it is the most convenient base for touring various places of interest in the district and the nearby...

, connecting National Highway 201

National Highway 201 (India)

National Highway 201 is an Indian National Highway entirely within the state of Orissa that links Borigumma in Koraput district and Bargarh...

.This highway recently has been termed as National Highway 26.

Junagarh was a well-built fort. The fortified area has a number of temples with Oriya

Oriya script

The Oriya script or Utkala Lipi or Utkalakshara is used to write the Oriya language, and can be used for several other Indian languages, for example, Sanskrit.- History :...

 inscriptions. This is a place which has sculptural evidence of the sati

Sati (practice)

For other uses, see Sati .Satī was a religious funeral practice among some Indian communities in which a recently widowed woman either voluntarily or by use of force and coercion would have immolated herself on her husband’s funeral pyre...

rite, which was prevalent in medieval India, and was stopped during the British Raj

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

 by Lord William Bentinck

Lord William Bentinck

Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck GCB, GCH, PC , known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British soldier and statesman...

. The sculptures are identified as sati pillars
Junagarh

Junagarh

Junagarh may refer to:* Junagarh, Kalahandi, a town in Kalahandi district, Orissa, India* Junagarh Fort, a fort in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India...

 was famous for its lakes and fruit garden"'chha kodi bandha naa kodi tota'", means 120 ponds and 180 orchard. Junagarh

Junagarh

Junagarh may refer to:* Junagarh, Kalahandi, a town in Kalahandi district, Orissa, India* Junagarh Fort, a fort in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India...

 is also famous for its temples.it is also known as temple city of Kalahandi

Kalahandi

Kalahandi, , is a district of Orissa in India. The region had a glorious past and great civilization in ancient time. Archaeological evidence of stone age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilized, cultured and urban human...

.

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Junagarh had a population of 15,759. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Junagarh has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 44%. In Junagarh, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

Schools

• Junagarh Government High School
• Lankeswari Government Girls High School
• Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir
• Government TRW Girls school
• Government TRW Boys school
• El Nissi Mission School
• Junagarh English school
• Sri aurovindo integral education school

college

• Priyadarsini indira mahavidyalaya
• Chameli Devi women's College
• Sardar Raja Medical College

Temples

• Lankeswari Temple
• Shiva Temple
• Dadhi baman Temple
• Jagannath Temple
• Trinath Temple
• Sai Temple
• Gayatri Temple
• Kanak Durga Temple
• Poda Mahadev Temple
• Sriram Temple

Festivals

Maa Lankeshwari is the principal deity of the Naga clan at Junagarh.
The deity is still reverred by the king and his descendants..
The descendants of the king perform puja in the temple of Lankeshwari
on the auspicious day of Mulashtami as KHANDABASA

‘Khandabasa’ festival was observed at Goddess Lankeswari temple at Junagarh
with the congregation of a large numbers of devotees.After performing the traditional rituals, the swords of Goddess Lankeswari and Bhairav were placed on the two sides of the Goddess Lankeswari altar by a representative of the royal family in standing position over a heap of rice.Goddess Lankeswari is treated as a war Goddess as thus the significance of the practice of ‘Khandabasa’. Tradition has it that during the rule of Chindakanaga, Ganga, Kalachuri and Naga dynasties the traditional sword of Goddess Lankeswari was worshipped to seek her blessings before going to a war.

Durga Puja and gajalaxmi puja are also important festival.
Various pandals are constructed throughout the town.

Tourist place

• Chuda pahad
• Bhatra jor(jojna)
• Palma jharan
• Dokri chanchara
• Furli Jharan
• Indravati dam(mukhiguda)
• Nilakantheswar Temple, Chichaiguda

Lakes

• Lakshmi Sagar
• Siba Sagar
• Kastura Sagar
• Dhoba Sagar
• Sunari Bandh
• Chamda Bandh
• Samia Bandh
• Rani Bandh

Hospitals

A 50 bedded government hospital is present in the town. Recently a medical college [Sardar Raja Medical College and hospital] is being constructed near the town. The hospital has already been started a year ago. A multi specialty clinic named as Bharati health foundation is present near the block office which caters both Medical and Dental

Dental

The word dental is used for things pertaining to teeth and could refer to:* Dentistry, a medical profession**Dental Auxiliary*** Dental hygienist, a licensed practitioner*** Dental technician...

 facilities.

Hospitals Nearby

• Sub-Divisional Headquarters Hospital, Dharamgarh
• Sardar Raja Medical College, Jaring
• District Headquarters Hospital, Bhawanipatna
• Life Worth Hospital, Bhawanipatna

Politics

Current MLA from Junagarh Assembly Constituency is Gobardhran Das of INC

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

, who won the seat in State elections of 2009. Previous MLAs from this seat include Himansu Sekhar Meher who won this seat in 2004 and also in 2000 as BJP candidate, Late Bikram Keshari Deo who won this seat in 1995 and 1990 as BJP candidate and also in 1985 as JNP

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

 candidate, Maheswar Barad who won this representing INC(I)

Indian National Congress

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 in 1980 and as INC candidate in 1977.

Junagarh is part of Kalahandi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kalahandi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Orissa state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:...

.

See also

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