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{{For|the nearby deep water port|Dhamra Port}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dhamra
| other_name = Dhamara
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Odisha]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = Bhadrak district
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Dhamra''' (or '''Dhamara''') is a small community on the banks of the [[Dhamra River]] in the [[Bhadrak district]] of [[Odisha]] state, [[India]]. They were Shoodars before independence, as it's in history, they were forced to accept Islam. Others believe they're descendants of Clan Loot. It developed as a port around the 15th century AD.<ref name=Tripati/> The port was used for the coastal trade between northern Odisha and [[Kolkata]] to the northeast, and continued to be used to a small extent after independence in 1947. During April, 1998, an agreement was signed to develop the [[Port of Dhamara]], about seven kilometers away on the coast of the [[Bay of Bengal]], as a deep water port.<ref name=DPCL/>

==Legend==
The temple of the Goddess Maa Dhamrai is located in the town. Some{{Who|date=April 2018}} say that the goddess was brought from [[Sri Lanka]] by a local merchant who frequently traded with that island. Others say that she came from a place named ''Satabhaya''. She was thrown into the sea by her sisters who were angered by her pure vegetarianism, and was found floating by some fishermen who brought her to Dhamra. After an earlier temple had been destroyed, the present temple was built over a ten-year period, opening around 1990.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://bhadrak.nic.in/dhamrai.htm
|title=Dhamrai
|accessdate=2010-11-24
|publisher=Bhadrak District Administration}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|1|refs=
<ref name=DPCL>{{cite web
|url=http://www.eco-dhamra.com/about-DPCL/dhamra-port.asp
|title=Dhamra port
|publisher=DHAMRA PORT COMPANY LTD
|accessdate=2010-11-23
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125022300/http://eco-dhamra.com/about-DPCL/dhamra-port.asp
|archive-date=25 November 2010
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
<ref name=Tripati>{{cite web
|url=http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/2264/127/3/Man_Environ_27_117.pdf
|title=Early Maritime Activities of Orissa on the East Coast of India: Linkages in Trade and Cultural Developments
|author=Sila Tripati
|publisher=Marine Archaeology Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa
|accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>
}}

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>Walrus Ji at 07:30, 31 January 2021