Dharakote


Dharakote is a block in Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha. The Jagannath Temple and Dharakote Maharaja Palace are located here.

Jagannath Temple

Dharakote is famous for Lord Sri Jagannath temple. The Dharakote Temple looks similar to Puri Temple. Ekadasi Cart festival is famous among in this district as all well known about this. Around 40k-70k people visit this festival.

Dharakote Maharaja Palace

This is a 600-year-old palace of the King of Dharakote. The palace is situated just beside the Jagannath Temple.
Rani Sulakhyana Gitanjali Devi is the present Rani Saheb of Dharakote since 28 May 2010.

Sati Chita (Sati's Pyre)

It is said that Raja Jaganath Singh on returning to his Palace after a hunt, saw a ray of light coming from inside a hut. The Raja entered the hut and saw a holy man meditating in front of a fire. The Holy man told the Raja that this was the place where Rani Chandama Devi had committed Sati. The Raja was impressed and immediately ordered the construction of a Math over that place, and later descendants of the Dharakote Royal family have kept the flame burning ever since, with the task of keeping the flame alive being entrusted to the Head Priests of the Math. The fire, known popularly as Sati Chita is tended to by a Mahant at Sathi Math which is built on 9 acres of land at the entrance of Dharakote fort.

Geography

Dharakote is located at. NH-59 passes through this town. It is located about 12 km north-west of the river Rushikulya, Aska, Ganjam. It is just 55 km from Silk City Brahmapur, Odisha.
Administratively it consisted of three subdivisions: Jahada with 85 villages, Kunanogada with 37 villages and Sahasrango with 66 villages.

Schools and colleges

Postal code of Dharakote: 761107

List of Rajas