LORD CHENNAKESAVA OF BELUR

A CHALLENGE PROVED - UNCHALLENGED

As the entire temple complex studded with main shrine along with main shrines feasted his eyes, he decided to consecrete it with installation ceremony on a grand scale, displaying his royalty and piety. Arrangements were made. Just right at the auspicious moment of installation, when everyone was totally oblivious at the sight of the splendorous beauty of the icon Vijayanarayana amidst the recitation of Vedic hymns and instrumental music, there heard a resonant voice declaring the unworthiness of the statue due to wrong selection of stone. The whole congregation stageering at it, turned their head to the direction of the voice. It was a youth who came forward and emphatically repeated the defect in the icon. When the master sculptor Jankanachari meeting the challenge said that he would cut off his arm, if proved. 

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