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Sri Chandana Partha author of Kalabati was a vassal chief of Banapura and son of a medieval Odiya poet, named Padmanabha Narendra. Kalabati, named after its heroine, is a narrative poem in seven cantos and deals with the story of her love for the Prince of Madhubana, their union, estrangement and reunion through the intervention of supernatural forces. The story is simple and conceived, on the whole, in the puranic style, and though at times it borders on monotony, the treatment of love in separation has some poignancy and makes a direct appeal to the heart.

Kalabati