Kalijai

Every year in January, a huge gala fair is held during the festival of Makar Sankranti.Legend has it that a newly married girl (named Jaai) along with her father was going to meet her husband.After this accidental death of that newly wed girl, she became the Goddess of people residing nearby and till now, she is worshiped as an EXCERPT of Kali.According to a poem by Pandit Godabarish Mishra, Jaai was a girl who was going to get married in Parikud island.Dr. Radha Charan Panda mentions in The History of Parikud (1930) that this temple was built by Sri Jagannath Mansingh, king of Bankad (currently known as Banapur) in the year 1717.
Kalijai Temple
Sculpture at the temple on the lake
Kalijai Temple
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