Ruins of a 17th century Hindu temple found at kendrapada

[rajesh]

Ruins of 17th century Hindu temple found in Kendrapara district at the time of civil construction work. Construction workers were digging the boundary wall of planning and coordination department office building at a place in front of the district collector’s office here when their tools struck a large stone structure. The stone structure has been taken possession of by the district administration even as the chance-discovery has sparked off a raging debate over the genesis of the temple. Archaeologist are saying that the structure is of 400 to 500 years old", he said. "We inspected the site where the discovery was made and came across several stone blocks which are quite old. It might be construed that the place of the construction work once housed a temple. The spot must be replete with ruins of the temple.