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Heritage enthusiasts visit birthplace of Odia lexicon Purnachandra Bhashakosha

Bhubaneswar, Jan 13 (UNI) At a time when Odia ‘ashmita’ or pride is the talk of the town, heritage enthusiasts and members of Puri Heritage Walks (PHW) under its 17th edition, visited Nuagaan which includes Biswanathpur, felt extremely proud, seeing the birthplace of the renowned Odia lexicon Purnachandra Bhashakosha.
It is widely believed that its compiler, Gopal Chandra Praharaj, composed the entire dictionary while residing in his farmhouse in his village. During PHW’s Satyabadi Tour, the participants visited various “sashana” villages of Satyabadi block and closely observed several ancient temple complexes. Setting out from Puri in the morning, they first reached Biswanathpur village under Jaipur gram panchayat of Satyabadi and offered prayers to Shri Gopinath Deb. After the original ancient temple had fallen into ruins, the deity is now inside a newly-built temple “Rekha Deul”a style.
Temple priest Brundaban Dikshit said that the idol worshiped is actually the most ancient Madan Mohan idol of the Puri Srimandir. Earlier, during the Chandan Yatra festival, Madan Mohan used to come to the Chandan Pushkarini (sacred tank) located in this village to participate in the ceremonial “chapa khela”. It is believed that during the 16th Century, during “Chandan Yatra”, the idol of Mahaprabhu was once lost in a tank here and was later recovered. Since then, the deity has been worshiped here in the form of Shri Gopinath.
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