^ 'Collector & District Magistrate of Jajpur District'.Many Buddhist structures have been unearthed in and around Jajpur that point to the Buddhist past of the town. The Buddhist kingdom of Bhauma Karas also kept Jajpur as their capital in 8th century CE. Accounts by Chinese travelers mention Jajpur as capital in 7th century. It was the capital of Keshari King Yayati Keshari in 473 CE. History Įarliest account of Jajpur is part of the history of the Odisha. Later, the suffix ' -nagar' ('town') was replaced with the equivalent ' -pur', and the town's name became 'Jajpur'. In the Muslim chronicles such as Tabaqat-i-Nasiri and Tarikh-i-Firuzshahi, the town's name was mentioned as 'Jajnagar'. Another theory is that it derives from the Brahmanical sacrifices ( Yajna) that became popular during the Ganga- Gajapati period (11th-16th century). According to one theory, this name is a corruption of 'Yayatinagara'. Later, the Jajpur town came to be known as Yajanagara. The later Somavanshi kings moved their capital from Yayatinagara (modern Binka) to Guheshvarapataka, and renamed the town Abhinava-Yayatinagara ('the new city of Yayati'). The Bhauma-Kara kings established their capital city of Guhadevapataka (or Guheshvarapataka), identified with modern Gohiratikar (or Gohiratikra) near Jajpur. Other names of the town in the ancient texts include Viranja, Varanja-nagara, Varaha-tirtha. Jajpur, the place of the ancient Biraja Temple, was originally known as Biraja. Now, it is the headquarter of Jajpur district. It was the capital of the Kesari dynasty, later supplanted by Cuttack. Jajpur (also known as Jajapur) is a town and a municipality in Jajpur district in the Indian state of Odisha.

Bhulekh near jajpur odisha