♦️✅Odisha Static GK✅♦️

✅The name Odisha is derived from Sanskrit word ‘Odra Vishaya’ or ‘Odra Desa’. Odisha is located in eastern India. Odisha was made into a separate province on 1 April 1936.
♦️Important Facts♦️
✅The Jagannath temple kitchen is reputed to be the Largest kitchen in the world, with 400 cooks working around 200 hearths to feed over 10,000 people each day.
✅Odisha became the first state to enact the Lokayukta Bill law after the central act was passed in Parliament.
✅World’s highest electrified track is situated at Odisha in Jakhapura-Daitari section.
✅Largest Brackish Water Lagoon, Chilka lake in Odisha,
✅Sun Temple of Kornak is World Heritage Site.
♦️Odisha♦️
Statehood - 1 April,1936
Capital - Bhubaneswar
Largest City - Bhubaneswar
Chief Minister - Naveen Patnaik
Governor - Ganeshi Lal
Official Language - Odia
State Animal - Sambar Deer
State Bird - Indian Roller
State Flower - Asoka
State Tree - Indian fig tree
♦️Famous Dams
Indravati River – Indravati Dam
Mahanadi River – Hirakud Dam
♦️Cabinet Ministers and their constituency
Jual Oram – Sundargarh
Dharmendra Pradhan - Deogarh
♦️Famous Airports
Biju Patnaik International Airport ( Bhubaneswar )
♦️Famous Stadiums
Barabati Stadium – Cuttack
♦️Thermal Power Plants
Talcher Super Thermal Power Station
Sterlite Jharsuguda Power Station
♦️Famous Temple
Konark Sun Temple
♦️Cities with nickname
Bhubaneswar – Temple City of India
♦️National Parks/WLS
Chilka wildlife Sanctuary
Similipal National Park
Bhitarkanika National Park