“Gangeswar” is a small village located in “Kuranga Sasan” panchayat of Cuttack district. The villagers here believe that it was established by the rulers of Ganga dynasty. The Gangas had built three temples dedicated to Lord Shiva namely “Ganga Mani”, “ Labaneswar” & “Swapneswar” in this village.
However, the most interesting shrine of this temple complex is the ancient & beautiful image of lord Krishna that was discovered during an excavation work of the near by lotus pond. Lotus pond
The image of Krushna here is locally called as “Ganga Madhava” & a beautiful temple was built in the year 2013 for the safe keeping of the image.
During the excavation work, the flute of the Krishna image got totally broken by the JCB. A stone architect from Ichhapur village near Adaspur was called to repair the shrine. The flute you are seeing that lord Krishna holds took 10 days of continuous labour by the architect to achieve its shape & costs 27,000 rupees to be constructed. A lady named Mrs. Usha Subramaniam (Wife of a Madrasi industrialist) invested all the funds (about 40 Lakh rupees) to construct the new temple of “Ganga Madhava”. A spiritual Guru named Swami Sudhananda Ji supervised the construction of the temple. Only, the outer boundary of the “Ganga Mani temple complex” was built by the funds raised by Government.
The sacred river Prachi flows just adjacent to the temple complex. Prachi river
Although the temple is the new one but the image of Lord Krushna is very much ancient and kudos to the local villagers and administration who join hands to preserve the image and built a temple for this.
Thanks..
Note: Special thanks to Deepak Ku. Nayak for providing details and photos.
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