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For a long time the ‘Bhogaragarh’ fort
and the surrounding temples remained abandoned. As a result the temples near
the fort decayed. A few years back the villagers of Mahadevpali constructed
a new temple at the original site.
As the history of local area is clearly linked with this temple it is
considered to be one of the Astaswayambhus of Jharsuguda district. Every
year fair takes place here on the day of Sivaratri.
Getting There
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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