Sakshi Gopal Temple of Puri - Places to visit in Puri
Puri Sakshigopal Mandir Darshan kiya aur puri Jagannath dham aya tha uske liye bhagwan ko sakshi rakh kar mandir ke register pa apna aur pure parivaar ke sadasyo ka naam likhwayaa
#sakshigopalmandir #sakhihopalmandir #puritour2023 Sakhigopal Temple formally known as Satyabadi Gopinatha Temple is a medieval temple dedicated to Lord Gopinatha located in the town of Sakhigopal on the Puri Bhubaneshwar highway in Odisha. The temple was constructed in the Kalinga Architecture style. Sakshi Gopal temple is a medieval temple dedicated to Lord Krishna. Distance from Shree Jagannath Temple Puri to Sakshi Gopal temple is approx 21 KM There is a large influx of pilgrims on festive days like AnlaNabami, Dolapurnima, ChandanYatra, KartikaPurnami, etc. Sakhigopal means witness Gopal. There is a very popular legend behind the name Sakhigopal. Two brahmins of Vidyanagar of south India went to Brindaban on pilgrimage. There the elderly one fell ill and was attended to very sincerely by the younger one. The elderly one promised the other keeping Lord Krishna as a witness that on reaching their native place he would offer his beautiful daughter to the younger in terms of the marriage. Unfortunately, when both of them reached their native place the elderly one expressed evasive replies. The younger one was assured that due to the low status of the brahmin caste, he was a misfit for his lovely daughter. Without delay, he again went to Vrindavan and worshipped Lord Krishna. However in the long run Krishna agreed but he told that the brahmin would walk ahead and he would follow him, but the strict instruction was the brahmin should not look back, otherwise, he(Lord Krishna) would remain then and there. Lord assured that the brahmin would hear the sound of Nupura(sweet sound-producing bracelet used by dancers arroundankel). Lord followed the brahmin to Vidyanagar. On the way, they were to cross the river Godavari. Due to sand the feet of Lord were dipped and no sound from Nupura was heard. The brahmin was too restless and apprehensive to look back. Lord stood on the sand and did not move. The brahmin immediately ran to Vidyanagar and called the local people in good numbers. all were stunned to see the statue of Lord Krishna of Brindaban. the elderly brahmin repented and attested to his promise by giving his daughter in marriage to the younger one. The local king developed great devotion and constructed one temple then come there at the spot and designated it as 'SAKHIGOPAL'. The Gajapati King of Orissa Sri PurusottamDev brought the statue from Vidyanagar after the place ensconced by him (1467 to 1495). The King installed the statue at his fort at CUTTACK which was worshipped by Lord Chaitanya on his way to Puri. Aftermuslim the invasion the statue was shifted from place to place by the Khurda chiefs and at last, it was stationed at ALASA. It is told the other name of Sakhigopal is Alaska, but at present, there is a small village called Alaska near Sakhigoal. At a later stage due to the influence of Gita Govinda (written of Jayadev), people accepted the dual sculpture of RADHA KRISHNA, which is otherwise known as 'JUGALMURTI', and accordingly the King of Ranpur of Puri district offered one statue of Radha. The height of Lord Krishna is 5 feet and that of 'Devi Radha' is slightly more than 4 feet. Follow me on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onsvlog Twitter - https://twitter.com/onsvlogs Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/onsvlogs Pinterest - https://in.pinterest.com/onsvlogging/ Youtube channel link -
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