{"product_id":"kalapahada-aswini-kumar-ghose-9781645608004","title":"Kalapahada","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe traditional account of Kalapahad, a Hindu renegade and an iconoclast has influenced the Odia social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand literary space. According to some historical documents, his original name was Rajiv Lochan Ray or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKalachand Roy Bhadury, a Bengali (Barendra Brahmin) who fell in love with Dulari, the beautiful and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echarming daughter of Sulaiman Karrani, the Nawab of Bengal. He married her after his conversion to Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he repented of his deed as he faced boycott in the society. Therefore, he wanted to return to Hinduism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Hindu society refused to accept him as a Hindu. At last, he came to the Temple of Lord Jagannath at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuri to perform expiation to convert himself to Hinduism. But the priests scornfully turned down his prayer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor conversion. He got enraged and assumed the name of Kalapahad and vowed to ruin Hindu religion, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimages and temples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMadalapanji, the temple chronicle holds that Kalapahad desecrated the Jagannath temple. According to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis tradition, \"when the servitors of the temple heard of Kalapahad's design on the temple, they took the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimages out of the temple and hid them at a place named Hatipada near Chilka lake. But Kalapahad learnt of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis and brought the images from that place on elephants. He carried them to the bank of river Ganges and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eset fire to them. Just at that time a miracle happened. His body got cracked into pieces. Being perplexed by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis, he brought out the gods from the fire and dumped them in the Ganges. Holy Ganga carried the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrahma (or Brahma Pinda) downstream where a Vaishnava devotee Bishar Mohanty extracted the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimmortal part (Brahma). Later he consecrated the Brahma at Garh Kujanga temple. The 'Brahma' was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworshipped there for seven years, (1568A.D to 1575 A.D). In 1575 A.D during the rule of Ramachandra Dev, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe first king of the Bhoi dynasty, 'Brahma' was brought from Garh Kujang and kept at Khordha Garh by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehim. Next year in 1576 A.D, the construction of new images, their entry in to the temple along with the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einstallation of 'Brahma' in them were performed. This account of Kalapahad has been mentioned by Dr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarat Chandra Biswal in his article, \"Sri Jagannath and Kalapahad\" published in Odisha Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aswini Kumar Ghose,Bhagabat Nath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164560800X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645608004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Eagle Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d","brand":"Aswini Kumar Ghose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520191082751,"sku":"9781645608004","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ba8aca4-1b39-4c75-ade9-c908e72cb7d5.jpg?v=1778741281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kalapahada-aswini-kumar-ghose-9781645608004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}