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- ↑ Pabitra Mohan Nayak (June 2004), Srikshetra and Sri Jagannath in Gangadhar Mishra's Kosalananda Kavyam (PDF), Odisha Review, retrieved 12 March 2021
- ↑ Ashok Kumar Patnaik (December 2009), The Mirror Reflection of Sambalpur State through the Courtly Chronicle called Kosalananda Kavyam, Odisha History Congress, retrieved 12 March 2021
