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Temple legend · 4 tellings · contested

Nila Madhava and the unfinished images of Puri

King Indradyumna's priest finds Nila Madhava worshipped by a Sabara chief; the image vanishes; new images are carved from a sea-borne log and left unfinished when the carver is disturbed.

Indradyumna (of Avanti), Vidyapati, Vishvavasu, Narada

East India