Sakhi Gopal temple

This temple of Lord Krishna is in Odisha about 20kms from Puri jaganath temple.
This temple was initially at Puri Jaganath temple and later was installed here .
The Lord krishna is in standing posture with his one leg crossed and hands pretending to have a flute .
There is Venumadhav and Rukmini the procession diety in a seperate shrine . There is a seperate shrines of Lord Ganesha and Lord Anjineyar too .

One of the sacred tourist destination of Odisha, Sakhigopal (alternatively spelt as Sakhigopala or Sakshi Gopal) is a village of historical importance which is situated 19 kms. north of Puri on the way to Bhuvaneswar. It is the most famous spot of Odisha for coconut industry. The singular national importance of the place is the famous Sakhigopal temple. It is one of the top calibrekrishna temple of the country. It is a saying that unless Sakhigopal is visited the piligrimage to Puri is not complete. There is a large influx of piligrims on festive days like AnlaNabami, Dolapurnima,ChandanYatra, KartikaPurnami, etc. Sakhigopal means witness Gopal.

There is very popular legend behind the name Sakhigopal. Two brahmins of Vidyanagar of south India went Brindaban on piligrimage. There the elderly one fell ill and was attened very sincerely by the younger. The elderly one promise the other keeping Lord Krishna as witness that on reaching their native place he would offer his beautiful daughter to the younger in term of marriage. Unfortunately when both of them reached their native place the elderly one expressed evasive replies. The younger one was assured that due to low status of brahmin caste he was misfit for his lovely daughter. Without delay he again went to Brindavan 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 around ankel ) . 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 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 Brindavan .The elderly brahmin repented and attested 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 as ‘SAKHIGOPAL’. Goddess Rukmani made of gold was then installed by the King .

Entrance of Sakhi Gopal temple
Inside the temple
Side entrance
Entrance of Lord Ramar temple adjacent to Sakhi Gopal temple

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