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An interesting place between Banki and Dompora. Best known for Jhamu Yatra at the Potolei temple on Chaitra Purnima (Hindu Lunar Calender, around April). Some devotees of Potolei walk on red-hot coal trenches of 180 feet (a bit less than 60 meters). According to some researchers, this place was a hotbed of Buddhist tantric cult during the hey-days of Buddhism in Orissa.
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Coordinates:   20°24'47"N   85°36'15"E

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