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Rajiv Lochan Ray[edit]

I would welcome this connection if someone can find peer-reviewed scholarly sources. Please do not suggest blogs and fake sources. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 01:12, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Legends[edit]

The myths and legends around Kalapahad were propagated in the 19th century, three centuries after his existence, said scholars [...] During the Odia language revolution in 19th century, many accounts mentioned the legends of Kalapahad. Somewhere he has been portrayed as an ardent Jagannath follower who turned vindictive when he was not allowed to enter the temple. In Bengal, he has been seen as standing against Brahminical oppression in plays and novels [...] There were very few mention of Kalapahad in 17th century documents. However, once his stories were picked up in the 19th century, the legends started resurfacing regularly, especially between 1920 and 1970.
While Kalapahad indeed destroyed temples during his attack on Odisha under the Bengal Sultan, the destruction of even Konark or temples built later are wrongly attributed to him [...] The stories around Kalapahad may have been created to counter the growing rigidity in the Odia society and the Jagannath temple's system that was originally tribal but increasingly became Brahminical.
— From a seminar at the National Archives of India Records Centre: Panda, Namita (19 February 2016). "Experts trace Kalapahad's footprints: Legends about historical figure started doing rounds in 19th century". The Telegraph (Kolkata).

Editors who are interested in writing our article, please be abreast of recent developments in scholarship. TrangaBellam (talk) 20:48, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The same goes for Assam. The destruction of temples in Assam traditionally attributed to him do not match up. Chaipau (talk) 21:02, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Chaipau" This article ought be improved upon, some time. TrangaBellam (talk) 09:58, 26 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

Dash, G.N. ‘Kalapahad, the Iconoclast: The Making and the Message of a Legendary Tradition, Reconversions in Medieval Orissa and Bengal’, in H. Kulke and B. Schnepel, eds, Jagannath Revisited, Studying Society, Religion and the State in Orissa, Manohar, New Delhi, 2001.
Dash, K. C. ‘Katakarajavamshavali and Its Historical Authenticity’, in Indian Historical Review, 40(1), 2013.
Banerjee-Dube, I. ‘Myths, metaphors, meanings: Kalapahar in Bengal and Orissa’, in I. Banerjee-Dube and S. Gooptu, eds, On Modern Indian Sensibilities: Culture, Politics, History, Routledge, London, 2017.

TrangaBellam (talk) 21:27, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How to revert edits? I don't understand what happened after I edited one section...[edit]

How to revert edits? I don't understand what happened after I edited one section... Nathularog (talk) 19:01, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Brahmin origin of Kalapahar[edit]

@Man of failures, you have reverted an edit claiming it as not present in the source Political and Cultural History of Orissa where the context was the Brahmin Origin of Kalapahar. The context is actually present in the source: "Kalapahar was originally a Hindu Brahmin . He fell in love with the daughter of the Bengal Sultan , Dulari and married her. Page number 244. Imperial ^[AFCND] 18:09, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]