Dhamra

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| nickname = Industrial Port Town

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| caption3 = Dhamara Fishing Harbour

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| caption4 = Night View of Dhamara Port

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| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Orissa Flag(INDIA).png}} Odisha

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| subdivision_name2 = Bhadrak district

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| government_type = NAC

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| postal_code = 756171

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| area_code = 06786

| registration_plate = OD-22

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Dhamara is a Town and Notified Area Council In the Bhadrak district of Odisha state, India. Dhamara was constituted as an NAC on 13 March 2024. It is a small community on the banks of the Dhamra River in the Bhadrak district of Odisha state, India.

History

They were Shoodars before independence, as it's in history. Others believe they're descendants of Clan Loot. It developed as a port around the 15th century AD. The port was used for the coastal trade between northern Odisha and Kolkata to the northeast, and continued to be used to a small extent after independence in 1947. During April, 1998, an agreement was signed to develop the Port of Dhamara, about seven kilometers away on the coast of the Bay of Bengal, as a deep water port.

Tourism Places

Dhamarai Temple
Dhamra Port
Dhamara Fishing Harbour
Dhamara Sea Beach
Shanidev Temple, Dhamara

Educational Institution

=Colleges=

Dhamarai Junior College, Dhamara
Dhamarai Sanskrit Degree College, Narasinghpur

=Schools=

Dhamara Nodal High School, Narasinghpur, Dhamara
Dhamarai U. G. M. E School, Dhamara
Sai Ananta International School, Dhamara

alt= Sai Ananta International

G.P High School, Jagula
Dosinga Govt. High School, Dosingha
J.N high School, Kaithkhola
V.N.U.V.P High School, Kaithkhola
F.M Industrial Training Institute, Dhamra

Transportation

=Roads=

Dhamara town is well connected with the state of Odisha, and to other parts of the country as well. The town is well connected by Dhamara to Jamujhadi road via National Highway 16, {{convert|210|km}} northeast of Bhubaneswar, the state capital.

Dhamra town has one bus stop, Which is the Main Bus Stand of the town. There are frequent buses to and from Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Balasore, Rourkela, Puri, and Calcutta, Contai, Sambalpur and more.

=Rails=

The Nearest Railway Station is Bhadrak railway station is at Charampa, which is {{convert|80|km|}} from Dhamara.

=Airport=

The nearest airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport, {{convert|215|km|}} southwest, near Bhubaneswar.The Dhamra Port Company Limited plans to build Dhamra Airport 20 km from Dhamra Port.{{cite news |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/adani-group-plans-airport-at-dhamra/articleshow/66603746.cms |author1=Sujit Kumar Bisoyi |title= Adani Group plans airport at Dhamra |work= Times of India |date= 13 November 2018 |access-date= 3 February 2020 |archive-date= 6 December 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191206015656/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/adani-group-plans-airport-at-dhamra/articleshow/66603746.cms |url-status= live }}

=Ports=

The nearest port is Dhamra Port, around 10 kilometers east of the town.

Hotels

Hotel Golden Anchor, Dhamara

File:Hotel Golden Anchor.png

Hotel DFC Residency, Dhamara

File:Hotel DFC Complex.png

Hotel JJ Resorts, Dhamara

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Maa Dhamarai Palace, Dhamara
Maa Tarini Guest House, Dhamara

Legend

The temple of the Goddess Maa Dhamarai is located in the town. Some{{Who|date=April 2018}} say that the goddess was brought from Sri Lanka by a local merchant who frequently traded with that island. Others say that she came from a place named Satabhaya. She was thrown into the sea by her sisters who were angered by her pure vegetarianism, and was found floating by some fishermen who brought her to Dhamra. After an earlier temple had been destroyed, the present temple was built over a ten-year period, opening around 1990.{{cite web

|url=http://bhadrak.nic.in/dhamrai.htm

|title=Dhamrai

|accessdate=2010-11-24

|publisher=Bhadrak District Administration}}

References

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{{cite web

|url=http://www.eco-dhamra.com/about-DPCL/dhamra-port.asp

|title=Dhamra port

|publisher=DHAMRA PORT COMPANY LTD

|accessdate=2010-11-23

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125022300/http://eco-dhamra.com/about-DPCL/dhamra-port.asp

|archive-date=25 November 2010

|url-status=dead

}}

{{cite web

|url=http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/2264/127/3/Man_Environ_27_117.pdf

|title=Early Maritime Activities of Orissa on the East Coast of India: Linkages in Trade and Cultural Developments

|author=Sila Tripati

|publisher=Marine Archaeology Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa

|accessdate=2010-11-23}}

}}

Category:Cities and towns in Bhadrak district