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Dantan (Bengali: দাঁতন), often also spelled as Danton, is a border town in Kharagpur subdivision, Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal state in India, bordering Sonakonia in Orissa. The name also gives rise to two subdivisional blocks, Dantan-I and Dantan-II. Bangla redirects here. ... Kharagpur is a town in India. ... Midnapore West (also known as Paschim Medinipur) is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. ... , West Bengal (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ... , Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ...

History

Dantan,earlier was a part of Hijli Kingdom (Feudatory state of Orissa's Gajapati empire) was a thriving town on the route to the Jagannath Temple in Puri when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu reportedly passed through here in the 16th century. According to another version, the name is derived from Dandabhukti, which was an ancient territorial unit of Orissa comprising much of what are today Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur in West Bengal, and the state of Orissa. History of Sri Jagannath Temple There was a great rotary king named INDRADUMNYNA ruling from the city of ABANTI in the state of MALAB. It is also believed that he was a great devotee of BHAISNAB DHAMA and 5th son of Lord VISHNU in a temple. ... Puri can mean: Puri, a city in the Indian state of Orissa, which is famous for the Jagannath temple and the serene beaches located there . ... Caitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (also transliterated Caitanya, IAST ) (Bengali ) (1486 - 1534), was an ascetic Vaishnava monk and social reformer in 16th century Bengal[1], (present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh) and Orissa in India[2]. Chaitanya was a notable proponent for the Vaishnava school of Bhakti yoga (meaning... , Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ... Midnapore East/Purbo Medinipur is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. ... Midnapore West (also known as Paschim Medinipur) is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. ... , Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ...

Dantan is the location of at least three temples from the nineteenth century, the Jagannath Temple, the Shyamaleswar Temple, and the Chandaneswar Temple. All three temples are built in the curvilinear rekha style that is common to temples of Orissa. Jagannath(far right) with his brother Balarama(far left) and sister Subadra (center) in Radhadesh, Belgium Jagannath is a Sanskrit term used to describe a deity form of Krishna. ... , Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ...

Near the town are two major tanks, the Bidyadhar and the Sarasankha. The Bidyadhar tank was created by a Minister named Bidyadhara of the Gajapati King Of Orissa Pratap Rudra Deva, . The Sarasankha tank is attributed to the king Shashanka who ruled in the seventh century A.D. Gajapati is a district of Orissa, India. ... , Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ... Shashanka (Bangla: শশাঙ্ক) is often attributed with creating the first unified political entity in Bengal. ...

Geography

Dantan is located at 21.56° N 87.16° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 24 metres (74 feet). Kharijhapri is a village in dantan near sarshanka .DEBDULAL PATTANAYAK STAY IN THIS VILLEGE AND HIS DAUGHTER ISHITA (JIYA) IS A VERY SMART GIRL.[[Media:BHETIA DHAKSIN IS SMALL VILLAGE IN DANTAN ONE IMPROTEN THINKS DAS FAMILY.YOUNG BOY STAY IN DAS FAMILY IN BHETIA . This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...

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Weather

The climate in Dantan follows a hot-tropical monsoon pattern with highs in the mid 40s°C in the summer (generally April to June), mid 30s°C during the monsoon season (June to August) and low 30s°C for most of the other times of the year. Winters (December to January) are usually mild with lows in the 10s°C and high in the low to mid 20s°C. Most of the precipitation is from the southeast monsoon which may bring in excess of 1500 mm of rainfall. For other uses, see Monsoon (disambiguation). ...

Tornadoes are relatively rare in West Bengal and Bangladesh, but one did occur on March 24, 1998 killing over 250 near Dantan.^[2] Initially, this tornado was reported as a cyclone with wind speeds of close to 200 km/h that caused the destruction of an estimated 9,000 houses and injuries to 3,000 people.^[3] Later the event was characterized as a tornado.^[4] This article is about the weather phenomenon. ... , West Bengal (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ... This article is about the meteorological phenomenon. ...

Transportation

Dantan is connected by road from Kharagpur via Belda and from Orissa through Sonakonia. The Dantan rail station is between Kharagpur and Balasore in the Kharagpur Division of the South-Eastern Railways. Kharagpur is a town in India. ... Belda (Bengali: েবলদা) is a small town in India, West Bengal located approximately 35 km south of Kharagpur, and belongs to the Midnapore West district. ... Kharagpur is a town in India. ... , Balasore (also known as Baleswar or Baleshwar) is a city in Orissa state of eastern India. ...

Education

College

• Dantan Bhattar College affiliated to Vidyasagar University

The University was established on 29th September 1981 by an Act called the Vidyasagar University Act 1981 (West Bengal Act XVIII of 1981) after the name of Pandit Iswar Chandra Bandyopadhyay , known as Vidyasagar , The educationist and social worker of Bengal . ...

Schools

• Dantan High School
• Dantan Binapani Girl's School

Famous people

• Prabodh Panda, member of the thirteenth and fourteenth Indian Lok Sabha

Prabodh Panda (Bengali: প্রবোধ পান্ডা) (born 7 February 1946) is an Indian politican for the Midnapore (Lok Sabha Constituency) in West Bengal. ... The Lok Sabhha (alternatively titled, the House of the People, by the Constitution of India) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ...

References

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