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About Kantābānji
Kantabanji (KBJ) is a notified area council in Balangir district in the Indian state of Odisha.
From the Wikipedia article Kantabanji (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
In 1937, the railway track from Kantabanji to Vishakhapatnam was laid and since then train started running through this route. At that time no one was aware of Kantabanji. That time it was a small village under the Bangomunda police station a village near to Kantabanji. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo who was the king of Patnagarh at that time. He was also the chief minister of Orissa from an independent party, helped extremely to explore Kantabanji and then people started living there. He was the grandfather of K.V. Singh Deo (MLA) of Patnagarh. Raj Gopala Charya helped R.N. Singh Deo become the chief minister of Orissa.
The planning of this town was similar to the planning of Chandigarh or Jaipur, i.e., there is more than one way to go to the adjacent street which is a short way. Every two street is connected with more than one small street so that the person need not have to cover the full distance to go to next street. Nearest Pilgrimage Places is Ranipur Jharial is 23–24 km from Kantabanji which is famous for 64 Yogini And Vishnu Temples, Harishankar Temple will be 56 kilometers away.It is beside India's second largest teakwood forest located at Mahakhand.
From the History section of Kantabanji on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
- Bangomunda 14 km south, about 14 min by car
- Kharhiāl 26 km southwest, about 26 min by car
- Titlāgarh 31 km southeast, about 31 min by car
- Patnāgarh 35 km northeast, about 35 min by car
- Badmal 39 km east, about 39 min by car
- Kesinga 44 km southeast, about 44 min by car
- Padmapur 61 km north, about 1 h by car
- Padampur 61 km north, about 1 h by car
- Balāngīr 65 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Bhawānipatna 67 km south, about 1 h by car
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- KANTABANJI MAIN STREET, Tejraj Mahanand, CC BY-SA 3.0
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