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On the north there is a dense forest stretching up to Hemgir and in
the South stretching up to Badjob village. A 12 ft. wide and 150 meters.
Long moat had been constructed which stretches from east to west. There was
a Sivalingam and a place of worship in the Fort. A well had been dug on the
stone floor which provided drinking water to the inmates of the Fort through
out the year.
On the stone floor, there are many square holes and 70 round holes. The
diameters of the hole vary from 1-3 inch. Wooden poles used to be put on
these holes to support super structures for living room, store room,
arsenals, Kitchen, sleeping room etc.
About 1000 people could take shelter at Ulapgarh at a time. On the western
side of Ulapgarh and down hill there is Ushakothi cave. On the walls and
floors of this cave also there are many circular and square holes. Probably
the defence personnel of the fort used to suspend there clothes and other
belonging from wooden poles fitted to these holes. The soldiers of the dense
forest of Maheswar hill could easily over power and defeat the enemies
before they could climb up the hill and attack the fort.
It is believed that Ulapgarh was being used as a residential fort by some
kings of “Naja” Dynasty. Research is going on by various Indian and Foreign
researchers and Historian in this direction.
Getting There
On the Jharsuguda-Belpahar Road at a distance of 21 Kms. from
Jharsuguda there is a village known as Lajkura.
Jharsuguda is well connected with
other nearby cities by State Highway 10 and National Highway. Rickshaws are
available in town. There are a number of moderately priced
hotels in the town.
Jharsuguda is an important
railway junction on the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai
line and Jharsuguda-Vizianagaram line. The railway station comes under South
Eastern Railway.
Jharsuguda has its own airport named
Jharsuguda Airport,
located 5 km north east of the town.
Air Odisha is starting
chartered services to
Jharsuguda Airport from its main hub
at Biju Patnaik
International Airport, Bhubaneswar.
The nearest domestic / international airport is
Swami Vivekananda International Airport, located in
Raipur, 310 km southwest of Jharsuguda. It is about
five hours
drive to Swami Vivekananda
International Airport from Jharsuguda. To make arrangements for a taxi from Airport
to Jharsuguda, contact one the taxi operators and travel agents that have
counter in the Airport.
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