- Jagatsinghpur district
Jagatsinghpur District is an administrative district of
Orissa ,India . The city ofJagatsinghpur is the district headquarters.Jagatsinghpur is also famous for the
Sarala Temple and is well-known as the cultural heart of Orissa. The district (smallest in size among the 30 districts in Orissa) has produced some of the most famous names in Oriya andIndian literature :Sarala Das ,Birakishore ,Gopal Chhotaray , andBibhuti Pattnaik , for example.Paradip , a modern deepwater port, was built in the 1960s, and has now become a hot business destination due to the largestforeign direct investment (FDI) in India asPOSCO is setting up a plant along with its own port for transportation.Indian Oil Corporation has been trying to set up an oil refinery also.Jagatsinghpur was the worst hit district in the super
cyclone in October1999 in which more than 10thousands of people died.The District is also famous for having the most no of successful theater groups which has helped in keeping the old tradition of live acting before crowd.The theater groups have become the part of mainstream entertainment for people all over Orissa.
External links
* [http://jagatsinghpur.nic.in/ Jagatsinghpur District official website]
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