| Dhamara "ଧାମରା" | |
| Nickname: | Industrial Port Town |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Odisha#India3 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Odisha, India |
| Coordinates: | 20.7956°N 86.9008°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Odisha |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bhadrak district |
| Government Type: | NAC |
| Governing Body: | Government of Odisha |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 0 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Odia |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 756171 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 06786 |
| Registration Plate: | OD-22 |
Dhamara is a Town and Notified Area Council In the Bhadrak district of Odisha state, India. Dhamara is constitute as an NAC on 13 March 2024. It is a small community on the banks of the Dhamra River in the Bhadrak district of Odisha state, India.
They were Shoodars before independence, as it's in history. Others believe they're descendants of Clan Loot. It developed as a port around the 15th century AD. The port was used for the coastal trade between northern Odisha and Kolkata to the northeast, and continued to be used to a small extent after independence in 1947. During April, 1998, an agreement was signed to develop the Port of Dhamara, about seven kilometers away on the coast of the Bay of Bengal, as a deep water port.
Dhamara town is well connected with the state of Odisha, and to other parts of the country as well. The town is well connected by Dhamara to Jamujhadi road via National Highway 16, northeast of Bhubaneswar, the state capital.Dhamra town has one bus stop, Which is the Main Bus Stand of the town. There are frequent buses to and from Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Balasore, Rourkela, Puri, and Calcutta, Contai, Sambalpur and more.
The Nearest Railway Station is Bhadrak railway station is at Charampa, which is from Dhamara.
The nearest airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport, southwest, near Bhubaneswar.The Dhamra Port Company Limited plans to build Dhamra Airport 20 km from Dhamra Port.[1]
The nearest port is Dhamra Port, around 10 kilometers east of the town.
The temple of the Goddess Maa Dhamarai is located in the town. Some say that the goddess was brought from Sri Lanka by a local merchant who frequently traded with that island. Others say that she came from a place named Satabhaya. She was thrown into the sea by her sisters who were angered by her pure vegetarianism, and was found floating by some fishermen who brought her to Dhamra. After an earlier temple had been destroyed, the present temple was built over a ten-year period, opening around 1990.[2]