KONARK - RAMACHANDI MANDIR

Seeing the relentless iconoclast entering her sanctum, she appeared before him in the garb of a maiden and solicited him to wait at the door till she returned with water for the goddess to avail her guidance. He obliged. Enraged at her inordinate delay, he dashed into the innermost shrine and found to his shock the pedestal empty. Presuming the running maiden carrying image of the goddess, he followed her post-haste to the bank of the river Kushabhadra. To his surprise, he saw the Goddess Ramachandi in a fast moving boat ill the middle of the river, which was in full floods. Unable to grab her, he went back desperate.

Ramachandi then advised an ardent priest in dream to build a temple for her on the bank. Her behest was carried out with donation from religious-minded persons. Countless visitors offer prayers to. her in her new abode ever today.

It is in Konarak, accessible by bus from Puri or Bhuvaneswar.

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