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Dhamara "ଧାମରା"
Dhamara "ଧାମରା"
Town
	Maa Dhamarai Temple Dhamra Port Dhamara Fishing Harbour Night View of Dhamara Port
	Nickname: Industrial Port Town
	Dhamara "ଧାମରା" Location in Odisha, India Dhamara "ଧାମରା" Dhamara "ଧାମରା" (India)
	Coordinates: 20°47′44″N 86°54′03″E / 20.79556°N 86.90083°E
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Bhadrak district
Government
• Type	NAC
• Body	Government of Odisha
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Languages
• Official	Odia
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	756171
Telephone code	06786
Vehicle registration	OD-22
Website	odisha.gov.in

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

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, 210 kilometres (130 mi) 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 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Dhamara.

Airport

The nearest airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport, 215 kilometres (134 mi) southwest, near Bhubaneswar.The Dhamra Port Company Limited plans to build Dhamra Airport 20 km from Dhamra Port.^[3]

Ports

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

Hotels

Hotel Golden Anchor, Dhamara

Hotel DFC Residency, Dhamara

Hotel JJ Resorts, Dhamara

Maa Dhamarai Palace, Dhamara
Maa Tarini Guest House, Dhamara

Legend

The temple of the Goddess Maa Dhamarai is located in the town. Some^[who?] 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.^[4]

References

^ Sila Tripati. "Early Maritime Activities of Orissa on the East Coast of India: Linkages in Trade and Cultural Developments" (PDF). Marine Archaeology Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
^ "Dhamra port". DHAMRA PORT COMPANY LTD. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
^ Sujit Kumar Bisoyi (13 November 2018). "Adani Group plans airport at Dhamra". Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ "Dhamrai". Bhadrak District Administration. Retrieved 24 November 2010.