| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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Visvamitra's
ashram is fondly taken to have been in different parts of Bihar and beyond the State
confines. It can well be said that the temples and le.-ends of Bihar show a certain
cultural affinity with Nepal, on the one hand, and Bengal, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and
Madhya Pradesh, on the other.
Any one who has recently visited the site of the Heavy Engineering Corporation near Ranchi
will be struck by the huge factories and the thousands of houses that have grown up and
are growing rapidly to build a great town in an area where there were small Adivasi
villages with groves, rocks and jungles with patches of terraced cultivation. The only old
remnant that remains is the Jagarnath temple at Jagarnathpur. The new town is being
rightly named after Lord Jagarnath. The old Jagarnath temple on a rock brings a nostalgic
memory to one who has known the place for four decades and underlines the fact that the
temples and legends are India's great heritage.
Author - P. C. ROY CHOUDHURY
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