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In the maiden to Odissa, President got down from vehicle at Balagandhi on Grand road ,the place of Bhakta Salabeg Samadhi stal and started walking towards puri jagantha temple 

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About Salabega

• He was an Odia religious poet of India in the early 17th century who wrote Jagannatha bhajans.
• He was Muslim by birth but his devotion for the Hindu God made Lord Jagannath stop his Ratha Jātrā (Rath Yatra) in Odisha for him to get darshan.
• His famous Bhajan ‘Ahe Nila Saila’ lives to this day.
• Nilamani Mishra, has written a comprehensive account of the poet and his works.
• Bhajans/Poems : Deal with the romantic dalliance of Krishna with the gopis and Radha, while a few are inspired by the vatsalya ras, the sweet, motherly feeling Yashoda had for little Krishna
• His songs are sung in traditional tunes based on the ragas and talas of Odissi music