Gajapati Purushottam Deva depicted according to the Odia folklore of Kanchi Abhijaan and Manika, in the traditional wall painting of the Jagannath temple
2nd Gajapati Emperor
Reign
1467 – 1497 CE
Predecessor
Kapilendra Deva
Successor
Prataprudra Deva
Died
1497 CE
Spouse
Padmavati
House
Suryavamsha
Father
Kapilendra Deva
Mother
Parvati Devi
Religion
Hinduism
Vira Pratapa Purushottama Deva (Odia: ବୀରପ୍ରତାପ ପୁରୁଷୋତ୍ତମ ଦେବ) was the second Gajapati emperor of Odisha who ruled from 1467 to 1497 C.E. He was the second ruler from the Suryavamsa Gajapati Empire. His father Gajapati Kapilendra Deva Routaraya chose him as his heir to rule the Gajapati Empire at the banks of river Krishna where he breathed his last. This decision infuriated his elder brother Hamvira Deva who was a battle hardened and successful warrior fulfilling the task of conquering the southern territories and expeditions against the Vijayanagara Empire as wished by his father.
There is a legend that when, under divine guidance, Kapilendra Deva announced that he was naming Purushottama as heir apparent, the eighteen older sons in anger threw spears at Purushottama, all of which missed.[1] Purushottama Deva is also the lead character of the legend of Kanchi Kaveri Upakhyana (poem) written by the poet Purushottama Dasa[2] in sixteenth century and later translated to Bengali by the Bengali poet Rangalal Bandyopadhyay.[3] This legend is also popular among the Hindu devotees of the Jagannath worship tradition of Odisha.
^"Kings Of Puri". www.speakingtree.in. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^Ashwini Kumar Ghose, Makers of Indian Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 1998. p. 8. ISBN 8126004916.
^Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Maryland, United States: Scarecrow Press. Inc. 2013. p. 67. ISBN 9780810853348.
Vira Pratapa PurushottamaDeva (Odia: ବୀରପ୍ରତାପ ପୁରୁଷୋତ୍ତମ ଦେବ) was the second Gajapati emperor of Odisha who ruled from 1467 to 1497 C.E. He was the...
youngest son PurushottamaDeva, as heir, resulting in a rebellion by the elder prince Hamvira Deva. In 1472, Purushottam was defeated and Hamvira Deva ascended...
and Jharkhand. PurushottamaDeva and Prataparudra Deva are two other significant emperors from this dynasty. The last emperor Kakharua Deva was killed by...
Prataparudra Deva (Odia: ଗଜପତି ପ୍ରତାପରୁଦ୍ର ଦେବ) was the third Gajapati emperor of Odisha from the Suryavamsa Gajapati Empire founded by his grandfather...
it Purushottama-chhatar or just Chhatar. In Moghul ruler Akbar's Ain-i-Akbari and subsequent Muslim historical records it was known as Purushottama. In...
respectively. The rulers like Kapilendra Deva, PurushottamaDeva, Prataparudra Deva of Suryavansha dynasty and Ramachandra Deva of Bhoi dynasty patronised art and...
as Shri Purushottama dedicating everything to lord Jagannath. He built the famous Pradaskhina mandapa of Srikurmam temple. Ananga Bhima Deva III became...
power for the throne of Gajapati dynasty, Hamvira Deva had to fight his brother PurushottamaDeva, who had succeeded to the throne after their father's...
constructed subsequently during the reign of Gajapati PurushottamaDeva (1462–1491) and Prataprudra Deva (1495–1532) respectively. According to Madala Panji...
(Kanchi), but was brought to Puri as war booty when the Gajapati king PurushottamaDeva (1470–97) of Puri defeated Kanchi. Uchchhishta Ganapati is the patron...
civil war occurred to capture the throne, among his sons. In the end, PurushottamaDeva succeeded in securing the throne in 1484 by defeating Hamvira. But...
Sivakara Deva I Ramachandra Deva I Tribhuvana Mahadevi I Anantavarman Chodaganga Anangabhima Deva III Narasingha Deva I Kapilendra DevaPurushottamaDeva Prataparudra...
Gauduni and the Lord Krishna and Balaram, and the story of King PurushottamaDeva's love for and marriage to a princess of Kanchi; these were all woven...
Gajapati in 1466, there was a fight between his sons Hamveera Deva and PurushottamaDeva for succession. Hamveera succeeded in occupying the throne with...
Gajapati Langula Narasingha Deva I was an Eastern Ganga monarch and a warrior of the Kalinga region who reigned from 1238 CE to 1264 CE. He defeated the...
deity Radhakanta is said to have been brought from Kanchi by King PurushottamaDeva. "Gambhira". Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved...
Kapilendra Deva. Kajjala Bhanu (or Bhanu Deva IV) Svarna Bhanu Kalasandha Deva Chudanga Deva Harimani Deva Narasimha Deva Ananta Deva Padmanabha Deva Pitambara...
escalated further in 1478 when Muhammad Shah III invaded Orissa, and Purushottama Dev, alarmed by the invasion, offered homage, disarming and presenting...
Deva (1435–67) PurushottamaDeva (1467–97) Hamvira Deva (Defacto Gajapati of Southern territories of the Gajapati Empire 1472-76) Prataparudra Deva (1497–1540)...
of the state of Talcher goes back to 1471 CE during the reign of PurushottamaDeva of the Gajapati Empire in the region when the overlordship of Bhimanagari...
during the twenty first anka (year of region) of the Gajapati (king) PurushottamaDeva. This is thought to be somewhere between 1480 and 1505 by different...
successively by Hamir Deva (r. 1369-1410), Bhaitai Deva (1410–1468), PurushottamaDeva (1468–1534), Pratapa Raja Deva (1602–1625) and Dikpala Deva (1680–1709),...
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