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| name = Kalyani Gajapati <br />
| succession = Head of the [[Parlakhemundi Ganga rulers|Parlakhemundi Ganga dynasty]]<br />
| reign=10 January 2020 CE - current (titular)<br />
| predecessor=[[Gopinath Gajapati|Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo]]<br />
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|dynasty = [[Eastern Ganga dynasty|Eastern Ganga]] (Paralakhemundi branch)<br />
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| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]<br />
| father = [[Gopinath Gajapati|Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo]]<br />
| residence = [[Gajapati Palace|Gajapati Palace, Parlakhemundi]]<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Estate management|Politician}}<br />
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'''Kalyani Gajapati''' or '''Kalyani Devi'''<ref name="Gajapati's royal scion joins BJD- The Hindu">{{cite news |title=Gajapati's royal scion joins BJD- The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/gajapatis-royal-scion-joins-bjd/article26379816.ece |work=The Hindu |date=27 February 2019 |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> is the current head of the [[Parlakhemundi Ganga rulers|Parlakhemundi Ganga dynasty]]. She became the first woman to head the Ganga dynasty of Paralakhemundi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Kalyani, first woman Gajapati of Parala royal family|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2020/jan/11/meet-kalyani-first-woman-gajapati-of-parala-royal-family-2088156.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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== Life ==<br />
Kalyani Gajapati spent her early years away from Paralakhemundi as she pursued her education in [[Bangalore]] and [[Chennai]] visited the palace occasionally.<br />
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Kalyani Gajapati was crowned at age 50<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kalyani Gajapathi(BJD):Constituency- PARALAKHEMUNDI(GAJAPATI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=http://myneta.info/odisha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=4770|access-date=2020-10-09|website=myneta.info}}</ref> on 10 January 2020, after her father [[Gopinath Gajapati|Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo]] died in [[Bhubaneswar]]. She is the 17th head of the dynasty. A [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] was performed at Ramaswami temple near the palace. Kalyani was taken in a procession to the ''Darbar Hall'' or her court, where she sat on the throne in the attire of a princess. After coronation, Kalyani issued her first order: the funeral and cremation of her father.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-11|title=Kalyani Gajapati Crowned As First Queen Of Paralakhemundi|url=https://odishabytes.com/kalyani-gajapati-crowned-as-first-queen-of-paralakhemundi/|access-date=2020-10-09|website=ODISHA BYTES|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Kalyani Gajapati joined the political party BJD ([[Biju Janata Dal]]) in February 2019.<ref name="Gajapati's royal scion joins BJD- The Hindu">{{cite news |title=Gajapati's royal scion joins BJD- The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/gajapatis-royal-scion-joins-bjd/article26379816.ece |work=The Hindu |date=27 February 2019 |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Parlakhemundi Ganga dynasty]]<br />
* [[Gopinath Gajapati|Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo]]<br />
* [[Gajapati Palace]]<br />
* [[Eastern ganga dynasty]]<br />
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