Itamati

Itamati
Jadumani Nagar
village
Itamati

Location in Odisha, India

Coordinates: 20°8′N 85°9′E / 20.133°N 85.150°E / 20.133; 85.150Coordinates: 20°8′N 85°9′E / 20.133°N 85.150°E / 20.133; 85.150
Country  India
State Odisha
District Nayagarh
Elevation 122 m (400 ft)
Languages
 • Official Oriya
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 752068 [1]
Nearest city Nayagarh
Website odisha.gov.in

Itamati is a village located in Nayagarh district of Odisha.[2] It is 6 km away from Nayagarh Town. Itamati is known as the major business centre of Nayagarh.

Business

Being the Business centre of Nayagarh, Itamati reserves a marketplace in the centre of the Village. The marketplace covers a large area starting from Park Lane to Itamati Panchayat. Durga Bazar, Laxmi Bazaar and Ganesh Bazaar are the oldest (100 years of old) of all which holds some ancient shops.

People

The Utkal Ghanta Kabi Jadumani Mahapatra was born at Itamati in the year 1783 and died in 1868. He was the principal poet during the rule of king Binayak Singh Mandhata. Bidyadhar Mohapatra of Mandhatapur was his Sanskrit grammar teacher. Kabi Jadumani wrote Raghab Bilasa and Prabandha Purnachandra. He is one of the best poets of Orissa. His creations could be compared with that of Kabisamrat Upendra Bhanja.

Education

Itamati has one degree college, one junior college, three high schools and six upper primary schools. Some of the educational institutes are:

There are 2 colleges in Itamati: Itamati College of Education & Technology (ICET) (Junior College) and Bansidhar Mahavidyalaya (Degree College).

Gods and temples

Itamati has a large number of temples. Some important ones are:

Festival

The well known festivals in Itamati are "Panchu Dola" and "Dasha Dola". The festival continues for four days. There are large swings for children, famous opera parties hold shows during the nights. People of Itamati are very eager to view such Opera shows. Dash Dola comes 10 days after Dola Purnima (Holi), in Chaitra Masa of the Oriya calendar (March and April). Rath Yatra (Car festival of Lord Jagannath), Jhulan Yatra, Danda Yatra. Danda Yatra begins on an auspicious day before Mahabishuba Sankranti.The last day is known as Meru parva. People enjoy Danda Nacha during night of the frestival. Udanda, Ganesh Puja, Laxmi Puja, Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Khudurukuni, Ramanavami, and Ram Charita Manas (9 days) are the other famous festivals of Gods and are celebrated with great pump and show in Itamati. Also Itamati people celebrate the jayanti of Utkal Ghanta Jadumani Mahapatra every year on 8th of January.

Divisions

Itamati is sub-divided into 21 wards and 20 Sahi's. Some of the Sahi are Ratnapur Patna (Bada Tangi Patna), Sana Tangi Patana (Mathurapur Patna), Paika Sahi, Tanti Sahi, Pradhan Sahi, Nahara Sahi, Kansari Sahi, Teli Sahi, Khatia Sahi, Jagati Patna, Sana Harijan Sahi, Deula Sahi, Sundhi Sahi, Bada Harijan Sahi, Ek Dalia Sahi, Jagannath Sahi, Mohanty Sahi, Behera Sahi, Narayani Patna (Tangi Tota), Dengera Godi, Pratap Prasad (Majuriapalli). Of these, Ratnapur Patna is the largest among them containing 2 wards.

Water Sources

Several tubewells are present in every sahi of Itamati. The road of several sahis are modified during "Pradhanamantri Gramya Sadaka Jojana" initiated by Atal Behari Bajpayee in India. Several ponds (Badakalamai, Sanakalamai, Rajahuda, Badhi, Dangi, Jharana, and Pachari) are also present in Itamati which serve the bathing purpose of Itamati people. One of the distributary of great river Mahanadi passes through Pandusara and Champatipur which are the nearby villages of Itamati and serves the water distribution purpose to some cultivated lands as canal systems are available to few cultivated lands.

Politics

Manoj Kumar Sahoo was elected as sarapancha of Itamati during the 2012 election.

References

  1. ↑ "Pincode of ITAMATI, ORISSA". getpincode.info. 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012. ITAMATI, ORISSA
  2. ↑ "Itamati Village". onefivenine.com. 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012. OverView of Itamati
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