. The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja. 05 M o l] THE lllNDL CAKTA INFLtJEKCt. Ixvil people as Kalika. This image is i^laced iu apicturesque tract of country, with forests border-ing the sea-coast. Hindu Caktas have beenworshipping this goddess on the sea-coastfrom very ancient times. Yuang Chuang, thecelebrated Chinese pilgrim, who saw an imageof the goddess Bhima near the town of Po-lu-shaon the north-western frontiers, in the seventhcentury of the Christian era, gives the followingdescription :— To the north-east of the city of Po-lu-sha,50 11 or so, we come to a highmountain, on which
. The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja. 05 M o l] THE lllNDL CAKTA INFLtJEKCt. Ixvil people as Kalika. This image is i^laced iu apicturesque tract of country, with forests border-ing the sea-coast. Hindu Caktas have beenworshipping this goddess on the sea-coastfrom very ancient times. Yuang Chuang, thecelebrated Chinese pilgrim, who saw an imageof the goddess Bhima near the town of Po-lu-shaon the north-western frontiers, in the seventhcentury of the Christian era, gives the followingdescription :— To the north-east of the city of Po-lu-sha,50 11 or so, we come to a highmountain, on whichis a figure of the wife of l9vara-Deva carvedout of green (bluish) stone. This is Bhirna Devi(Si-AVung-mu of the Chinese). All the people ofthe better class, and the lower orders too declarethat this ligure was self-wrought. It has thereputation of working numerous miracles, andis therefore venerated by all, so that from everypart of India men come to pay their vows andseek prosperity thereby. Both poor and richassemble here from every pa
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