Sarangagarh
Sarangagarh (सारंगगढ़) is a fort in Odisha state of India. It is about 14 km north of Bhubaneswar in the village Baranga of Cuttack tehsil and district. It is now known as Chudanga Gada.
Variants
Location
The fort is situated at a latitude of 20°25’16" north and longitude of 85°48’25" east and at an elevation of 100 feet above sea level. It is about 14 km north of Bhubaneswar in the village Baranga of Cuttack tehsil and district. It is 9.00 km south-west of Cuttack near the Baranga Railway station of the East-coast railways. The site can also be approached from Bhubaneswar through the Bhubanesvar-Cuttack road via Nandankanan and Baranga. From Baranga one has to negotiate a distance of 1.5 km north of Sitaram chowk to reach the site that is situated on the right bank of the river Prachi. The landmarks around the fort are Zoological Park of Nandankanan on its north at a distance of 1.5 km, river Prachi (otherwise known as Baranga River) on its south at a distance of 0.5 km and Chandaka forest closely attached to the fort on its west, and Baranga Police station on its east at a distance of 0.5 km. The site has ruins and vestiges extending over an area more than 1000 acres of land within a fortification made of large sized dressed laterite blocks.
Jat clans
- Sarang (सारंग)
History
According to the Madalapanji, the fort was constructed by Lalatendu Kesari of Kesari dynasty (otherwise known as Somavamsis) when it was known as Sarangagarh, because the area had large number of water bodies filled with lotus and in Sanskrit, Saranga means lotus. Later on Baraha Kesari renovated the fort, which was captured by Ganga king Chodaganga Deva after defeating Karna Deva, the last ruler of the Somavamsi dynasty in 1110 AD. There after the fort of Sarangagada became known as Chudangagada after the name of the victor Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva.
पटिया
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है ...पटिया, उड़ीसा, (AS, p.521): उड़ीसा में कटक के निकट सारंग-केसरी नामक केसरीवंशीय नरेश द्वारा बसाया गया नगर जहां का दुर्ग सारंगगढ़ कहलाता था. यहाँ सारंग नाम की झील भी है.