Anangabhima Deva III

Anangabhima Deva III ruled the Eastern Ganga empire of Orissa from 1211 to 1238, holding lands from the Ganga to the Godavari. He drove the Muslim rulers of Bengal from his kingdom. His Brahman general Vishnu captured the Kalachuri king Pratapmalla and won western lands, and Anangabhima married his daughter to the Kalachuri prince in alliance.

A devotee of Jagannath, he declared the god supreme ruler and himself the god's servant, and built a shrine at Srikurmam. He was succeeded by his son Narasimha Deva I.