Nagaspur is a village in the district of Cuttack in Odisha, India. It is present on the bank of the Chitroptala river in the neighbourhood of village, Lemalo. It is famous for the performance of Jatra folk theatre culture.[1]
Nageshpur | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Nageshpur Location in Odisha, India | |
| Coordinates: 20°25′06″N 86°11′56″E / 20.418366°N 86.198945°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Orissa |
| District | Cuttack |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Oriya |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | OR- |
| Nearest city | Salipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | kendrapara |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | mananga |
| Website | odisha |
In 2015, researchers from the Odisha Institute of Maritime and South-east Asian Studies learned that a number of predominantly Hindu villages in Odisha, including Nagaspur, were worshipping Buddhist icons under the belief that they were representations of Hindu gods such as Indra.[2]
References
edit- ^ Chhotaray, Sharmila (2013). "Jatra Theatre as a Culture Industry: A Study of Popular Theatre from Eastern India" (PDF). Indian Sociological Society.
- ^ "Hindus worship Buddhist idols in Odisha's villages | Bhubaneswar News - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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