Kabi Samrata Upendra Bhanja was considered as the greatest poet of Odia Literature and was awarded the title Kabi Samrata The Emperor of Poets. Born in a royal family Upendra Bhanja had never eyed for throne.Kabi Samrata Upendra Bhanja He is most known for his Odissi songs and kabyas written in the Odia language primarily Baidehisa Bilasa Labanyabati & Koti Brahmanda Sundari.He was born during 1670 at Kulagarh now known as Kulada , a princely state in Bhanjanagar, 80 km from the Silk City Berhampur Of south Odisha and died during 1740.
