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Konarka is the famous Sun Temple, also known as the Black Pagoda. The temple was built around 1238 A.D. by King Narasingha Dev of Ganga Dynasty of Utkala, as Odisha was then known. He was a devoted Sun worshipper and an unabashed nudist. The temple was built near the coast of Kalinga Mahodadhi (Bay of Bengal). It is said to have been built in the estuary of Chandrabhaga river. In those days, rivers Kushabhadra, Prachi and Chandrabhaga were important waterways ...
This autobiography provides deep insight into the life and times of Biswakesh Tripathy, an IPS officer of 1954 batch. Describing his early life and education, it narrates his life as an IPS officer and his encounters with Naga insurgents and Naxalites, and the challenges faced by him during the communal riots in Gujarat, Telengana and Punjab suba agitation.
It also recounts in great detail the Khalistani terrorism and the Blue Star operation in which Tripathy ...