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legend on lord krsna
There is a wonderful legend that relates how the deity of Sri Jagannath at Puri came to be enshrined. centuries ago ,King Indradyumna is said to have dreamtof Vishnu`s presence some wherein te vicinity of the cityof Puri.he dispatched few savantsin search of divine presence.one of them Vidyapati,lost his way in the forest and rested as the guest of Savar chief Visyavasu whose beautiful daughter Lolita he married.Vidyapati discovered that come hailor thunderstorm,every morning Visyavasu went to worship a mysterious object.he was convinced that this was the divine object he had been sent to locate.oneday he took off with the object,believed to be sacred relics of Lord Krsna,and returned to Puri.infact his father-in-law Visyavasu was none other than thedescendant of Jara Savar who had unwillingly killed Lord Krsna and had preserved his relics,passing them on to his descendant.
King Indradyumna meanwhile had another dream in which he was instructed to carve an image of the deity from a huge lot afloat at sea.it was located,but it would not budge until visyavasu,befriended by the king,came and touched it.Viswakarma,the sculptor-architect of the Gods,himself undertook the task of making the iage on condition that he would not be disturbed.but the queen grew impatient and oneday pushed open the door.instantly ,the divine sculptor disapeared leaving the image incomplete.and that is why to this day,the image of Lord Jugganat (KRSNA) remains without arms.the relics were interned in the image.It was much later that the images of Lord Krsna`s brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra were installed along with the main deity..............
In the charing continuation of the tradition ,even today,the descendants of Vidyapati and loita,known as the Daitapatis ,are among te premier priests at the temple.
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