Major Landmarks
Apart from the central jail, the other major landmarks of Laxmisagar are the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) - Eastern Chapter (popularly known as the Eastern Regional Language Centre) and the Gram Sevika (anganwadi) Taalim Kendra (Lady Village Workers' Training Centre), both of which are located in peaceful idyllistic sylvan surrounding. The Language Centre imparts training in translation and comparative linguistics in various eastern Indian languages such as Oriya, Bengali, Assamese and Santali and local dialects of Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar and the North-eastern states of India. It is a place of scholastic research where eminent translators and linguists from all over India commingle to share their knowledge.
The Gram Sevika Taalim Kendra at Laxmisagar is the largest of its kind in Orissa. It provides residential accommodation and training facility to hundreds of rural women, including tribal ladies, at a time.
The Gokulananda Maharathi Law College (affiliated under Utkal University) has also a campus inside the Laxmisagar Municipal Highschool compound. The Regional Traffic Training Institute is also situated in Laxmiagar, where the head quarters of the Seventh Battalion of Orissa Armed Forces was located.
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