Biratunga | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Biratunga Location in Orissa, India | |
| Coordinates: 19°59′N 86°02′E / 19.98°N 86.03°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Puri |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Oriya |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 752116 |
| Telephone code | 067 |
| Vehicle registration | 0R-13 |
| Village in Gop Tehsil | |
Biratunga is one of the villages situated in the Gop tehsil of Puri district, Orissa, India.[1][2] Biratunga is located approximately 3 kilometers away from its tehsil Gop town, 40.8 kilometers away from Puri city and 68 kilometers away from Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Orissa.
There are 60 garh (forts) located at different places of Orissa including Biratunga.[3] The central temple (Kendraasana Mandira-केंद्र आसन मंदिर) of Sadguru Swami Nigamananda and Nilachala Saraswata Sangha are located at Biratunga. Biratunga is also the birthplace of Shri Durga Charan Mohanty, one of the most eminent disciples of Sadguru Swami Nigamananda. It is believed that Shri Mohanty has undergone all religious and spiritual practices (sadhana) and attained enlightenment (siddhi) in Biratunga. He has written about[vague] 27 volumes of a series of religious/spiritual literature called Sangha Sevaka.[4]
- ^ Shyam Sunder Tripathy (1 January 1988). Buddhism and other religious cults of south-east India. Biratunga is near Gop (Orissa). Sundeep Prakashan. p. 104. ISBN 978-81-85067-15-5. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ Biratunga in Google Map
- ^ Kedarnath Mahapatra; Orissa (India). Superintendent, Research and Museum; Orissa State Museum (1984). The Orissa historical research journal. Supt. of Research and Museum. p. 62. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ Durga Charan Mohanty (1964). Press in India. Sangha Sevaka. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. p. 335. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
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