କାଳଜୟୀ କାଳୀ
The main attraction of Chilika (India's largest salty lagoon & worlds 2nd brackish water lagoon) is the Shakti Peetha Kalijai.
in fact this is ten handed chamunda sulpture of tantric era
Kalijai is a small sub-island, with an area of ​​28 acres 30 cents.
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By boat, it's 8 km from Balugaon, 6 km from Barkul, 5 km from Jatianasi NavalTraining Center, 10 km from Parikud Ghiamuda Ghat. In ancient times, the Parikud area of ​​Banpur was known as the Kangoda . which was the site of a large number of Shakta religions
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at that time it was the main seat of the Kali Tantra Sadhana , and the famous Tantriks use to practice tantra puja secretly in the peninsula, this is the story of the 10th century * Banpur Parikud Mansingh first built a small temple here in 1717
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Due to brackish water old temple got damaged . So, Again in 1882, Parikud king Shri Gaurachandra Mansingh built the present temple.
ପାରିକୁଦ ରାଜବାଟି ଓ ରାଜ ଚିହ୍ନ
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the main goddess of the temple is maa Kali, on her left Ramchandi and on her right Malijai.
The goddess Kalijai is family deity of kaivatra community (fisherman's)
The main festival of kalijai is Makara sankranti .
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In ancient days it was known as Kali- kalajayi - Kaalajaayi Respectively.
In 1923 a famous odia poet Sri Godavarisha mishra wrote a tale-Poetry ଗାଥା କବିତା named kalijai କାଳିଜାଇ। which made it legendary and afterwards it's famous as kalijai.
Source:Dranantakar
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