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Jai
Jagannath,
Poet "Jayadeva" an Oriya and not
Bengali ( Information retrieved from
here ,
here)
After a long standing
dispute over defining Birth Place of poet Jayadev and subsequent
Forgeries, Interpolations and Fabrications Orissa Govt. made the
point. At Last Bengal scholars agree that the famous Poet of 12th
century "Jaydeva" belonged to Orissa. Even as controversy over the
nativity of Jaydev still rages and many claim him to be from West
Bengal, one scholar from that State has come out in the open
asserting Orissa as the birthplace of the poet.
If we come across lines from poems and phrases written by Jayadeva,
we can find the spelling of Lord Sri Krishna as "KRUSHNA" and not
"Krishna". Only in Oriya literature we call the GOD as "KRUSHNA" and
in all other literatures the GOD is called as Krishna. This proves
the theorem that Poet Jayadeva is another gem of Utkala Janani and
not from any where else.
Speaking at a seminar organised by Utkal University of Culture on 'Jaydev
and Gitagovinda', Ashish Chakraborty, a noted Bengali researcher,
said the language, culture, presentation of religious rituals, song
and drama depicted in Gitagovinda have deep connection with ancient
Orissa.
"I fail to understand, why some scholars come forward with
fallacious arguments as he belonged to West Bengal," he said. Jaydev,
the celebrated 12th century poet, was born in Kenduvilwa Sasan of
ancient Utkal, presently Kenduli on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.
Being inspired by Vishnu-Krishna or Madhava cult of Prachi-valley of
that time he created his magnum opus Gitagovinda. The controversy
arose in 1906 on the basis of an article of M M Chakrobarty of West
Bengal in The Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol II where he mentioned
that the great poet belonged to Bengal.
The seminar was inaugurated by Culture Minister Surya Narayan Patro
in presence of I & PR Minister Debasis Nayak and Chief Secretary
Ajit Kumar Tripathy. Tripathy, an expert on Jaydev and Gitagovinda,
highlighted the multidimension of Gitagovinda - as a treasure trove
of art, culture, sculpture, song, music and drama. Scholars from
Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam and Orissa took part.
Some related topics are
www.orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/dec-2006/engpdf/1-4.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayadeva_birth_controversy
Regards
Nilachakra
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