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| Coordinates:20°16′07″N85°50′55″E / 20.2685°N 85.8485°E /20.2685; 85.8485 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Odisha |
| City | Bhubaneswar |
| PIN Code | 751006 |
Laxmisagar (ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀସାଗର) is a famous place inBhubaneswar, the capital ofOdisha. Etymologically the name is derived from the words "Laxmi", meaning theHinduGoddess of Wealth, and "Sagar", which inSanskrit means the sea or ocean. Laxmisagar is famous for the Central Jail, which is one of the biggest jails in Odisha. Many big names, including well-known political prisoners and notorious criminals, have spent time in the Central Jail at Laxmisagar. The open space in front of the jail has been used for film shooting, where numerous famous imprisonment and jail-break scenes have been filmed for a great number of Oriya movies.
Apart from the central jail, the other major landmarks of Laxmisagar are theCentral Institute of Indian Languages - Eastern Chapter (popularly known as theEastern Regional Language Centre)[1] and theGram Sevika (anganwadi) Taalim Kendra (Lady Village Workers' Training Centre), both of which are located in peaceful idyllistic sylvan surrounding. The Language Centre imparts training intranslation and comparativelinguistics in various eastern Indian languages such asOdia,Bengali,Assamese andSantali and local dialects ofOrissa,West Bengal,Bihar and the North-eastern states of India. It is a place of scholastic research where eminent translators and linguists from all over India commingle to share their knowledge.
TheGram Sevika Taalim Kendra at Laxmisagar is the largest of its kind in Orissa. It provides residential accommodation and training facility to hundreds ofrural women, including tribal ladies, at a time.
The Gokulananda Maharathi Law College (affiliated underUtkal University) has also a campus inside the Laxmisagar Municipal Highschool compound. The Regional Traffic Training Institute is also situated in Laxmisagar, where the headquarters of the Seventh Battalion of Orissa Armed Forces was located.
Laxmisagar is situated on theCuttack-Puri main road between Rasulgarh square and Kalpana square. It is well known for its meat market andabattoir, people from all overBhubaneswar come here to purchase good quality mutton. The famous temples in and around Laxmisagar are theMaa Dalakhai temple,Hanuman temple,Sriram temple, Trinath Temple, patitapabana temple and LaxmiNarayan temple,Adisakti temple,maa duladei temple,Nilakantheswar temple,sanischara templeBuddheswari temple. TheBhubaneswar Stock Exchange was also situated in Laxmisagar near Cuttack Road.
The famousOdia film starsBijoy Mohanty and Jayaraj(Jayee) have resided here. The eminent writer and compiler ofGyanamandal (the famous Oriya encyclopaedia),Binod Kanungo compiled hismagnum opus at the Eastern Regional Language Centre in Laxmisagar.