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The Lingaraja Temple is a Hindu temple devoted to Shiva and one of Bhubaneswar's oldest temples. The temple is thought to have been built in the 11^th century CE by the Somavanshi monarch Yayati II (1025 - 1040).

The Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati was solely deputed in 1930 by the Government of Bihar and Orissa to the first Round-Table Conference held.

Christian missionaries were instrumental in establishing the first printing press in Odisha. They began by printing religious texts in Odia for the purpose of spreading Christian ideas. They established a press in Cuttack in 1837, dubbed the 'Cuttack Printing Press', and began publishing the earlier Odia journals. They established the press in Odisha.

To prevent Kharavela from invading his country, King Satakarni of the western region sent him horses, elephants, chariots, and warriors in tribute. Umavarman was the first major monarch of the Mathara dynasty, declaring himself "Lord of Kalinga" in his thirty-first regnal year.

The new zonal East Coast Railway headquarters has been operational in Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Orissa. The railway's geographical jurisdiction, however, extends across three states, encompassing almost all of Orissa, as well as parts of the districts of Srikakulam, Vizainagaram, and Visakhapatnam in North Eastern Andhra Pradesh, and Bastar and Dantewada in Chhatisgarh. As a result, these coastal regions are rich in mineral and other natural resources, and they are on the verge of an industrial boom.