List Of Gajapati Maharaja In Puri Jagannath Temple
List Of Gajapati Maharaja – The role of the Gajapati Maharaja of Puri in the proliferation of awareness of Shri Jagannath Culture throughout India has been significant from the time of yore. Down from the Ganga dynasty till the present regime of Bhoi kings, all the ruling Gajapati Maharajas have propitiated Shri Jagannath Mahaprabhu as the principal deity. Many Gajapatis have functioned from different places like Jajpur, Cuttack and Khurda besides Puri. the ancestors of Sri Ramachandra Deva, the founder of the extant “Bhoi” dynasty, have been sworn in as the Gajapati Maharaja of Puri to date. The dynastic genealogy of the “Bhoi Vansha” dynasty from the 16th century onwards is given below: You also read this Who is Colonel Sofia Qureshi Husband?
Abhinab Indradyumna (1568-1600)
Gajapati Purusottam Deva (1600-1621)
Gajapati Narasingha Deva (1621-1647)
Gajapati Balabhadra Deva (1647-1657)
Gajapati Mukunda Deva I (1657-1689)
Gajapati Divyasingha Deva I (1689-1716)
Gajapati Harekrushna Deva (1716-1720)
Gajapati Gopinath Deva (1720-1727)
Gajapati Ramchandra Deva (1727-1736)
Birakeshari Deva I (1736-1793)
Gajapati Divyasingha Deva II (1793-1798)
Gajapati Mukunda Deva II (1798-1817)
Gajapati Ramchandra Deva III (1817-1854)
Gajapati Birakeshari Deva II (1854-1859)
Gajapati Divyasingha Deva III (1859-1882)
Gajapati Mukunda Deva III (1882-1926)
Gajapati Ramchandra Deva IV (14 FEB 1926-15 NOV 1956)
Gajapati Birakishore Deva III (15 NOV 1956–08 JUL 1970)
Gajapati Divyasingha Deva IV (08 JUL 1970-Till Today)
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