72 बेयो महानदि दैमानि फुलुं - गालांनाय हाबानि थाखाय सोमजिनाय , जाय बिलोनि साहायारि जोबथायाव बोहैलाङो आरो बेंगलनि लैथोसायाव साहायारिदाहारफोर जाय सानजायारि लैथो - सेर खाथियाव बालाहोबथा सोमजिहोबाय थौले लेगुननि सोमजिहोनायाव दैदेनो ।
It has been formed due to the silting action of the Mahanadi River which drains into the northern end of the lake and the northerly currents in the Bay of Bengal which have formed a sandbar along the eastern shore leading to the formation of a shallow lagoon .