Name Of the Captain: Md. Hamid
Name Of the Team: Team Thunderbird
Name of the Team Members:
- Md Hamid
- Paban Kumar Sinku
- Harihara Patra
- Badal Sangramsingh
- Rasmiranjan Muduli
Name of the ITI: Special ITI for PwDs,Jatni
Date: 07-05-2022
Profiling important waterbodies of Odisha
Name: Atri Hot Spring, Odisha
Type of Place: Tourist Holy place Area in acres: 0.7 Acres
Location: 13 km from Khordha and 2 km from Baghamari
Brief History:
The water of the hot spring is being collected in a reservoir which is connected with outlets for over flow of water. The radius of the reservoir is about 10 feet and the depth is 15 feet. The water is clear and stones lying at the bottom of the reservoir are visible when the sun rays fall upon the water.
Socio-religious significance:
The famous temple of Hatakeswara is situated near-by and the popular folklore is the said hot-spring is the hot breath of Lord Siva Hatakeswar, where Shivaratri and Makar Sankranti festivals are the auspicious functions organized and are attended by a large number of people. The Makar Sankranti festival lasts for about a fortnight where a big market works with great sales. Even if in this modern age you can find different conventional household articles are being gathered for sale.
What is the current condition? Any efforts to clean up or rejuvenate the waterbody?
The medicinal benefit and beliefs related to Atri has been a great tourist attraction and also good source of income. Hence the local people maintains the waterfall, and the water in the reservoir is kept clean and usable condition as the devotees come to take bath and consume the nuts from the water body.Photographs:
Referred from Google
