Phulbani
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Phulbani is a town, which is also the district headquarters of Kandhamal district of Orissa state, India. It is located 211 km from Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa. The region around Phulbani has a variety of flora and fauna. It is a beautiful place surrounded by hills and has a lot of small and big waterfalls around it.
Phulbani once associated with its virgin forests and peaceful tribal people. People from phulbani were associated with simplicity and associated with uncultured manners. Now the forest cover has been depleted and moral of people has degraded in general.
Phulbani is sorrounded by river Salunki. The town is famous for having a Government college (Govt. College) in the central Orissa region. Major landmarks in Phulbani are Lord Jagarnth Temple, Collecterate office and Bada Padia field for hosting annual events. Phulbani also has a Barrack for Orissa Reserve Police near river salunki. It has a Police High School, from where many illustrious students have passed out and have archived important positions in society.
Phulbani also has two very old schools. AJO (Alfred James Olson) High school in phulbani was a Jail for central orissa region in the British rule. This building was soon converted to AJO High School after india got independent. Also there is a old school at Baida, which is about 6km from phulbani main town.
Phulbani also has a Farm for research activities of Orissa Horticulture and research on silk moths. The farm host a varied collection of Guava Plants found rarely elsewhere.
River salunki is heart of this regions agriculture, but due to lack of water this region has never been a success with agriculture. Mostly the economy is centered around wild plants and herbs. Salunki river has been associated with lot of ghost stories, in tribal folks as it killed a lot of people and cattle in floods in the past. In the last major flood was in 1981. The dam a pilasalunki has been successful in arresting sudden gauss of rain water in rainy season. The dam at pilasalunki is also a great place for picnics.
