Kanker traces it's origins to Somavamsis of Orissa through a Bir Kanhar Deo who was ruling from Puri but after getting afflicted with leprosy, reached Sihawa where he stayed in the hermitage of Rishi Shringi after which he was cured after he bathed in a pool as ordered by the goddess in a dream. The locals, impressed by this made him their king and duri…
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