Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik Monday paid rich tribute to the former ruler of Khalikot princely State Raja Bahadur Ramachandea Deo on the latter’s 121 birth anniversary.

Odisha assembly speaker Surya Narayan Patro, forest and environment minister Bikram Keshari Arakhu, I & PR minister Raghunandan Das, Khalikot MLA Suryamani Baidya, Kabisurayanagar MLA Latika Pradha, I & PR secretary Sanjay Singh and Pujya Puja Shitya Sansad secretary Maheswar Barada also paid tribute to great leader of the State.