![]() Odia bhajans (devotional songs) and traditional Odissi Music are based on ragas and talas specified by Jayadeva's hymns. It is Jayadeva's ashtapadis that are sung in dance performances of Odissi, the classical dance of Odisha. It has been pointed out that the Gita Govinda's influence outside Odisha is most felt in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, where verses of the poet's work have been incorporated into the Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Bharatanatyam classical dance forms respectively. Jayadeva's works, they observe, have spread to southern India, but are rare in neighboring Bengal. A Sasan is a name for villages that traditionally were centers of Brahmin scholarly activity in Odisha, and Jayadeva himself was a Brahmin.įurthermore, researchers opine that Jayadeva is among the central-most figures in Odia culture. Coincidentally, the inhabitants of that village also worship Jayadeva. There also exists a village called Kenduli Sasan in Odisha where the Hindu deity Krishna, who was also the main theme in Jayadeva's works, has traditionally been worshipped as the main god. Archaeological discoveries in Odisha establish Jayadeva's extended presence in Odisha. Protagonists of the Odia viewpoint point out that all of Jayadeva's composition took place when the poet was in Puri, supporting the idea that he must have lived in Puri for most, if not all of his life. Ancient stone idol of Jayadeba at Akhandaleswara Temple, Prataparudrapura, Odisha
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