Maa Mangala Temple, Kakatpur, Odisha
| Date built: | 15th century |
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| Deity: | – |
| Architectural style: | – |
| Major festivals | Jhamu Yatra,Basanti Durga puja, Saradiya Durga Puja ,sri durga sayanautsav,debasnana purnima |
| Locale: | Kakatpur |
| District:: | Puri |
| Address: | Kakatpur-Konark Road, Kakatpur, Odisha 752108 |
| Phone | – |
Maa Mangala Temple is a Hindu temple in Kakatpur, in the state of Odisha on the eastern coast of India. This is a 15th-century temple and a symbol of the ancient heritage of Kalinga. The holy Bay of Bengal is situated in the eastern side of the temple, the temple is situated at the eastern bank holy river “The Prachi” ,the Holy river Prachi was named as swaraswati before. The temple is reachable by the roads from cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Puri, Jagtsinghapur and paradeep which are approximately 69 km,60 km,55 km,38 km and 83 km respectively and is well connected by roads.The nearest railway station is Bhubaneswar and the nearest airport is also Bhubaneswar.”Maa Mangala” is a Hindu goddess who is the manifestations of “SHAKTI”.The worship of the goddess is a part of the culture of odisha.Before she was worshiped as goddess “Tara” by Buddhist monks. But when the deity was established at kakatpur, she was worshiping as the manifestations of Goddess “Durga”.She is worshiping in the hymn of the goddess “Banadurga”. The curving style of the deity Mangala is typical odiya style,having khilana & prava back to her sitting place.Also the style of temple is “Utkaliya Vimana Style”
Architecture
The temple is built in typical Kalinga style and is a major pilgrimage for devotees of Shakti cult. Pilgrims frequent the temple seeking boons from Maa Mangala. There is a bed made of solid stone on which it is said Maa Mangala rests after touring the entire universe every day. As if to attest to this, the bed looks worn out in just the same way it would if it were in use for centuries.
Legend / Local stories
Evolution of the name of the deity as ‘Maa Mangala’ hails from a legend believed by the locals of Kakatpur village. Goddess Managla kept herself hidden under the deep water of river Prachi. Once a boatman was sailing his boat across river Prachi. At that time the river was outpouring and flooded so he was unable to sail his boat to the middle of the river. He spent whole day and night but not able to sail his boat and during early morning, before the dawn, Goddess Mangala came in his dream and asked him to recover her from the water and to establish her in nearby Mangalapur village. The boatman dived into the water and able to find the deity from the bed of the river. Then as per the direction of the Goddess he established the figure of the deity in a temple in Mangalapur village. After this the boatman saw a black crow dived into the water and did not come out of the water for hours and days, the crow detained inside the water of river Prachi exactly in the same place from where he recovered the figure of Goddess Mangala. In local oriya language ‘Crow’ means ‘Kaka’ and ‘Detained’ means ‘Atka’. So by combining the two words it becomes ‘Kaka-Atka’, so during the course of time the Mangalapur village is known as ‘Kakata’ (Kaka-Atka) pur and the Goddess is known as Kakatpur Mangala. That time before 500 years ago Local Jamindar Roychudamoni family has made the mandir at Kakatpur with all the Sebak arrangement. This Mandir was Made by Panchanan Mitra(Roychudamoni) on 1548A:D. This goddess is very famous with all the qualities of peace, power, happiness, love, purity, knowledge & truth. [1]
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