Nilagiri

Raja Jayant Chandra Harichandan  Mardaraj harichandan is considered as the 39th Raja of Nilgiri. He ascended the  power in 30th May 2001 at the age  of 45 years. Jayant Chandra is a very strong enthusiast and activist in the Preservation of  Wild Life,  Art and Culture.  He is educated at Hartley's School, Calcutta,  at Stewart School, Cuttack, at Rajkumar College, Raipur, at B.J.B. College,  Bhubaneswar and at Utkal University (B.A., LL.B.). He has married to Rani  Manoja Manjari Devi, eldest daughter of Raja Kirti Chandra Deo Harishchandra  Jagadev of Surangi, and his wife, Rani Soubhagya Manjari Devi; she was also the  adopted daughter of the Senior Rani Srimanta Manjari Devi, wife of Raja Kishore  Chandra Deo Samanta of Athmalik; she was educated at St. Joseph’s Convent and  Sailabala Women’s College, Cuttack and has a diploma in Interior Decoration and  a Post Graduate Degree in Psychological Counselling. She is a Reiki Grandmaster  (Reiki is a healing therapy recognized by the W.H.O. as an alternate therapy).  She is the Director of Svadhyaya Foundation involved in Reiki teaching and  practising. Their only son Yuvraj Janmejay Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan, born  25th May 1986; educated at Rajkumar College Raipur, at Delhi Public School,  Ahmedabad and at Utkal University.