Gopinathapura, Gopinatha-pura, Gopīnāthapura, Gopinathpur: 1 definition
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India history and geography
Gopinathpur refers to a significant "Sola Shasan" (sixteen Brahmin settlement) established in the Puri district of Odisha by King Gopinath Deva (reigned c. 1720–1725) of the Bhoi dynasty. As one of the later royal grants recorded in the Madala Panji and documented in the Orissa Review (December 2005), the village was founded to further strengthen the ecclesiastical infrastructure surrounding the Jagannath Temple. Situated near the Bhargavi River, the settlement was granted as Nishkara (tax-free) land to a community of Vedic scholars who were integrated into the Mukti Mandapa (the supreme religious assembly).
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Further sources of Vijayanagara history (by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri)
Temples of Purushottama Kshetra Puri (by Ratnakar Mohapatra)
11. Nilakanthesvara Temple at Gopinathpur < [Chapter 5 - Shaiva Temples of Purushottama Kshetra]
The Suryavamsi Gajapatis of Orissa (by R. Subrahmanyam)
Appendix 1 - Navakoti Karnata Kalavaragesvara
Chapter 3 - Biography of Kapilendra: The empire builder
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Studies in Orissan History, Archaeology and Archives (by Padmasri Paramananda Acharya)
Part 59 - Short sketch of life and works of Manomohan Chakravarti < [Section G - Miscellaneous Papers]
Part 41 - Varieties of stones used in building Temples < [Section C - Art and Architecture]
The Cult of Jagannatha (by K. C. Mishra)
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Chapter 54 - Contribution of Utkal to Sanskrit literature (a general survey) < [Part 4 - Language, Literature and Education]
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