My village is situated in NEAR to harichandanpur of District KEONJHAR of ORISSA (India). It name is BADAPALASPAL. It is 12 km from harichandanpur. Harichandanpur is small town, and it is 24 k.m from GHATGAON , situated on . It is famous for its ancient GHATGAON MAA TARINI temple. About my village, it is not associated with any historical event; however it is unique in many ways. It is important to me because my lots of memories are associated with this.
It is difficult for them to manage all the lands. Therefore they take the help of people from lower caste.
This is the main resources of earning for the people of lower caste. Gaddi's are wondering caste of ORISSA. They mainly own the goats and cattle's. In summers they go up hills with there cattle's. In summers the snow melts and new grass grew in abundance. They reach there to utilize this opportunity. They live there in hills for up to six month and come back before the winter starts. With them they also take the cattle's of other villagers.
In this unique way all castes are totally dependable on each other. Nobody can survive without the help of other. Gaddi's exchange their cattle's and goats for food with the Katoch's and others. Gaddi's even provide lot of medicines and rare vegetable grown only up hills. These medicines sometimes cost for $200 to 500 dollar per kg. But because of unawareness and non ability of buyers, they sell them for very less cost.
Second unique thing about my village is its water system. This area is prone for water shortage. But the elders of village have very wisely constructed a small canal from a place 3 km away to the village. This canal was made by villagers with great contribution by our Village persons, This canal includes six small bridges, made to avoid the contamination of water.
Due to this canal our village has not seen any water shortage. Third is the calm environment of my village. This calmness is like a meditation. One can hear the voice of river water two km away. People talks from km away can be heard. In cities, we will ever get this opportunity. Here one can hear nature talking to him and see lot of miracles of nature. I invite people to explore the beauty of my village and ORISSA. You will really like this for your life.
Maa Tarini Temple is situated in Ghatagaon at a distance of about 45 kms from Keonjhar. This is the chief shrine of Goddess Tarini. A daily prayer is offered to the deity. Every week, Tuesday and Saturday are observed as the day of Maa Tarini and devotees gather in the temple to pay homage to the goddess on these days. Instead of priests, the daily rituals are done by a group of tribal people called Dehuri. The main festivals celebrated in this temple are Makar Sankranti, Maha Visubha Sankranti and Raja Sankranti. Well maintained road from all major parts of the district connects to this temple. The nearest railhead is HARICHANDANPUR, Jajpur Keonjhar Road Railway Station.
