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Samantarapur is located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The map driving distance from Samantarapur to Bhubaneswar is 8 km. It is said as the connecting town between Bhubaneswar and Puri. In Old Bhubaneswar there is a section called Old Town which is home to the famous Lingaraj temple. Samantarapur was born as a village which is now a accreditation of a municipal corporation, ward no-59. This is a place which is a walk able distance from Bhubaneswar main bus stand and from the temple. It will just take you to railway station and Bhubaneswar city's entertaining market building within 15 or 20 minutes.The famous Dhauli hills (Odia: ଧଉଳିଗିରି) are located on the banks of the river Daya, 8 km south of Bhubaneswar in Odisha which is in samantarapur. It is a hill with vast open space adjoining it. Daya is the historical river where Kalinga war was fought. It is the eye witness of change of Ashok from Chadasoka to Dharamasoka. Adjacent to this after three or four places, the district of Jagannath Dham, Puri starts. Samantarapur was named by the samantarays living here in 1850s.
The place is developing its infrastructure as Bhubaneswar has got the 1st rank to be a metropolitan city in the 2016-17 project of Government of India. The availability of more and more shopping complexes, reliance fresh, State Bank Of India Branch, Bank of Baroda, Central Post Office, Gramina Bank, Dental clinic, Sanjivani medical, five ATM counters in the chhack and with many more whatever is required is always readily available for assisting a smoother life. One U.G.U.P. School and one High School (government schools) with three CBSE affiliated higher secondary schools(private schools-Gouri Shankar English medium school,Xavier school,Dayasagar English medium school) and two commerce and science colleges(Kalinga and Gayatri),one engineering college (Krupajal engineering college) are contributing a lot towards the improvement of educational facilities and educating the young mass which offers qualitative education to the common mass.Except that there is also one anganwadi center and adult literacy center for taking care of the education at the basic and late adulthood stage of human being. The place is equipped with a government Ayurvedic and one private hospital which offers a service related hospitality to people of that area and also to the others.The place is doing good business in terms of economic affairs as a good number of property dealers,land plotting, rent facilities are earning more even the computer shops cybercafes and flats also.Now It is also allowing a good number of people non odias migrating here and staying in flats made newly and in rents.
Along with the Lingaraj temple, there are small small temples in every corners of its lane which makes it to call as a place of temple-mandira malini Bhubaneswar. There also the mode of entertainment such as cabade institute, instrumental classes, singing, dancing, painting, acting, tabla playing classes, cafes, four marriage mandaps, especially the market and bauria shop's sweets give every opportunity to people to explore their talents as well as to entertain oneself. In spite of all these beautiness it maintains, it has degraded its value in terms of opening up of more private schools demanding higher fees and private tutoring. The place may be named a hub of accidents as it the connecting place to Puri and situated in high way with no extension of roads and traffic facilities. No doubt the place is neat,clean with street lights always available but the cases happen regarding snatching,stealing in terms of crime also needs to be more aware and security. And also plantation of more and more trees are required as within just five years it has infinite number of apartments and flats to build up. So this environmental condition of this place should be taken care of.