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Maa Samaleswari is the presiding deity of Sambalpur and is a strong religious force in western part of Odisha (Orissa) also known as kosal region and Chhattisgarh state of India. Maa Samaleswari is known as the symbol of Sambalpuri "Sambalpuri" Culture. On the bank of the river Mahanadi the mother goddess Samaleswari is worshipped from ancient times as Jagatjanani, Adishakti, Mahalaxmi and Mahasaraswati. Sambalpur region is popularly known as Hirakhanda from ancient times. Ptolemy has described the place as Sambalak, According to Tavernir, the French traveller, and Edward Gibbon, the English historian, diamonds were exported to Rome from Sambalpur. Originally the Goddess was known as Somaleswari. (Soma - eternal bliss) Somaleswari - Soma Datri meaning one who bestow 'eternal bliss'. Also people believes that, as goddess Samaleswari was being worshipped under a Samel (simili) tree (cotton tree), she became Sameleswari and later came to be known as Samaleswari.