4-454: Bindusagar Lake is located in the right side of the Talabazar road leading from Kedargouri Chowk to Lingaraja Temple, Old Town, Bhubaneswar . This road is also known as Bindusagar Road. It is now under the care and maintenance of Lingaraja Temple Administration. The tank is enclosed within a masonry embankment made of dressed laterite blocks. It is the largest water body of Bhubaneswar. All
8-577: A single huge mango tree surrounded by the jungle. With the aid from the god Brahma , Parvati learned of Shiva's whereabouts in Ekamrakshetra. She noticed that thousands of cows are going under the huge mango tree and automatically milking at a place. Parvati realized that Shiva was there. So she took care of the cows as a milkmaid. The place from which the cows were coming is known as Gosagaresvar . The two demons Kirti and Vasa got attracted to Parvati and proposed to her. The agitated goddess killed
12-404: The demons by pressing them into the ground with her feet at a place now known as Devi Padahara. After killing the demons, Parvati became tired and took rest at a place called Bhabani Shankar Temple. Parvati felt thirsty and to quench her thirst Shiva struck his trident at this place, out of which a spring came out. The water was then sanctified by the waters of all rivers, streams and ultimately took
16-433: The rituals of Lord Lingarajaa are closely associated with this lake. According to the local tradition, the deities Shiva and Parvati after their marriage came to Varanasi (Kashi). But with the passage of time, Varanasi became a populated area. Shiva moved to Ekamrakshetra (Bhubaneshwar) for meditation in disguise, without the knowledge of Parvati. It was thus known as G upta-Kashi ("hidden Varanasi"). Ekamrakshetra had
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