କାଳଜୟୀ କାଳୀ
The main attraction of Chilika (India& #39;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& #39;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
ପରିକୁଦ ନହର
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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& #39;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& #39;s famous as kalijai.
Source:Dranantakar
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