Rare  stone  images unearthed from the river Baitarani

-By Akshya Rout

Jajpur, April 4 :  Around six  ancient  stone images   were  unearthed on Sunday  from the bed of the river  Baitarani  near the  Dasaswamedh Ghat at Jajpur town. 

 Bholanath Panda    and  some locals of Jajpur town found   the   buried remains of the stone images      while  taking bath  in the river. Large numbers of locals gathered at the river ghat after the idols were fished out from the river.

The recent unearthing of the rare stone  images     indicates that the  nearby areas were the parts of  an ancient temple.   Last year,  the remains of an ancient Shiva temple  was unearthed  from the bed of the river Baitarani  near village  Talia  under Dasarathpur block  of Jajpur district during sand mining.

When contacted Akshya Kumar Mallick the Additional District Magistrate of Jajpur  said’   We will take proper steps to preserve the unearthed stone images in the museum in the district’.