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Bidyut Prabha Devi (12 July – 28 January ) was an Odia poet from India. She is recognized as one of the best female poets in Odia literature.

Biography

Bidyut Prabha was born on 12 July at her maternal uncle's home in a small village named Jhinkadi in the district of Cuttack.

She was the second daughter of Nimai Charan Das, a writer and compiler, and Rekha Devi.

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Her parents, being a traditionalists and conservatives, lived in Bamphisahi of Cuttack city. Bidyut Prabha had a brother and two sisters; her younger sister Punya Prabha Devi is also a writer.

She started writing poems under the inspiration of her father, Nimai Charan Das.

In her childhood, she got herself acquainted with several major Odia poets.

On 4 July , she married Panchanan Mohanty, an employee of Orissa secretariat.

She suffered from poor health during , and indulged towards spirituality and moved to Sri Aurobindo Ashram.

She died on 28 January

Works

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