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'''Kenduli Sasan''' in [[Khurda]] district is the birthplace of the Sanskrit lyricist, [[Jayadeva]]. Medieval Indian literature refer to this place by the name ''Kenduvilva''.

==Location==
'''Kenduli Sasan''' is a village in the banks of the Prachi river in [[Khurda]] district. It is only a few kilometers way from the holy city of Puri in [[Odisha]], the seat of worship of the Hindu deity [[Jagannath]]. It has recently been recognized as the birthplace of the well-known Sanskrit lyricist, [[Jayadeva]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.indiadivine.org/articles/381/1/Poet-Jayadev-Belongs-to-Orissa-Not-West-Bengal/Page1.html
|title = Poet Jayadev belongs to Orissa not West Bengal
|accessdate = 2007-05-28
|work = Tarakant Mohanty
}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| url =http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050211580500.htm
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071001062516/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050211580500.htm
| url-status =dead
| archive-date =2007-10-01
| title =Wrong' depiction of poet in TV shows irks scholars
| accessdate = 2007-05-02
| location=Chennai, India
| work =[[The Hindu]]
| date=2007-05-02
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url =http://www.bharatadesam.com/people/biographies/poets_composers/jayadeva.php
| title =Biography of Jayadeva
| accessdate = 2007-05-02
| publisher = Bharat Desam
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url =http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/11-08/features1187.htm
| title =Gita-govinda and Oriya Art Tradition
| accessdate = 2007-05-02
| publisher = Sampradaya Sun
| author =N. C. Mohanty
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url =http://ignca.nic.in/asi_reports/orkhurda140.pdf
| title =Kenduli Padmavati temple
| publisher = Archaeological Survey of India
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| url =http://ignca.nic.in/img_0002_as_or_khurda.htm
| title =Khorda
| publisher =Archaeological Survey of India (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts)
| access-date =2009-05-12
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110628181730/http://ignca.nic.in/img_0002_as_or_khurda.htm
| archive-date =2011-06-28
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</ref>

==History==
Kenduli Sasan has recently been identified as the birthplace of [[Jayadeva]], who was born into an Utkala Brahmin family. It is also where the poet spent his childhood, with his parents, Bhojadeva and Vamavati. Being called a ''Sasana'' (which in ancient Odisha referred to a seat of Brahmin learning), this village appears to have been a centre for Hindu literature during the 10th and 11th centuries.
Jayadeva himself refers to his birthplace in the seventh song of the [[Gita Govinda]] as Kenduvilva, located by the sea:<ref name=ggp>{{cite web
| url =http://www.geetagovinda.org/Kenduli.html
| title =Kenduli
| publisher = Sri Geetagovinda Pratisthana
}}</ref>
<blockquote>Kinduvilva samudra sambhava Rohini ramanena</blockquote>

[[Image:Radha and Krishna in Discussion.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Basohli painting (circa 1730 AD) depicting a scene from Jayadeva's ''Gita Govinda''.]]
Prachi valley has a long history of worshipping ''Madhava'', another name for [[Krishna]]. During Jayadeva's period, it was known as a religious place dominated by Vaishnava Brahmins. Even today, the village of Kenduli Sasana is replete with images of Madhava. This indicates that the great poet must have been influenced by the devotional milieu in that area when he composed his magnum opus, the [[Gita Govinda]].<ref name=ggp/><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.indiadivine.org/articles/943/1/Historical-Perspective-on-Saint-Poet-Sri-Jayadev/Page1.html
|title = Historical Perspective on Saint Poet Sri Jayadev
|author = A. K. Tripathy
|date = 2007-09-17
}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Tourism==
Kenduli Sasan has several brick temples and sculptures dating back to the time of Jayadeva in the tenth and eleventh centuries A.D., including those of deities Bhairava, Madhava, Ambika, Jageswari. Of significance is an image with heavy matted hair, and both arms broken, which is revered by the local people as the sage 'Jayadeva'.<ref name=ggp/><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://ignca.nic.in/asp/showbig.asp?projid=orkhr0830001
| title =Kenduli
}}</ref> There is also a nearby temple with an image of Nrusimha carrying Lakshmi on his lap, one of the peculiarities of the [[Eastern Ganga dynasty|Ganga dynasty]]. In fact, several such temples belonging to Jayadeva's period have also been excavated here by the Archaeological Survey of India.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://ignca.nic.in/asp/showbig.asp?projid=orkhr0830001
| title =Indian Archaeology, A Review.
}}</ref>

The Jayadeva Sanskrutika Parishad, a cultural organization, has established a museum here containing images and other archaeological relics excavated here. An annual cultural function in honor of the poet Jayadeva is organized at Kenduli.

==Controversy==
{{main|Jayadeva birth controversy}}
There was an earlier [[Jayadeva birth controversy|controversy surrounding the birthplace of the poet Jayadeva]], with a section of Bengali historians earlier claiming that [[Jaydev Kenduli|another village]] with the same name in West Bengal was in fact the birthplace of Jayadeva. However, this theory appears to have been debunked recently.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/03nov14/national.htm#1
|title = Scholars provide new twist to Jayadev birth controversy
|accessdate = 2007-11-13
|publisher = Daily Excelsior
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201547/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/03nov14/national.htm#1
|archivedate = 2007-09-27
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url =http://international.zeenews.com/inner1.asp?aid=193868&sid=BUS
| title =Archeologists trace Jayadev's birth place
| accessdate = 2007-05-24
| publisher = Zee News
}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Poetry}}
{{col-begin}}
{{Col-1-of-2}}
* [[Love Song of the Dark Lord]]
* [[Jayadeva]]
* [[Sanskrit literature]]
{{Col-2-of-2}}
* [[Odissi]]
* [[Jagannath]]
* [[Jayadeva birth controversy]]
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.whereincity.com/india/orissa/khordha2.php Khorda District]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015045/http://orissagov.nic.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/jan2004/englishpdf/chapter4.pdf Historical Perspective of Saint Poet Sri Jayadeva]
*[http://www.geetagovinda.org/Kenduli.html Gita Govinda Kenduli]
*[http://www.indiadivine.org/articles/943/1/Historical-Perspective-on-Saint-Poet-Sri-Jayadev/Page1.html Historical Perspective of Saint Poet Sri Jayadeva]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090410060248/http://orissagov.nic.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2008/May-2008/engpdf/Jayadev28-29.pdf Jayadev : the Poet of Orissa]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090609082112/http://www.jayadevfoundationtrust.com/ Jayadeva Foundation Trust]

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