Kalijai

Kalijai temple is situated on an island. It is about 18 km away from Balugaon in south east direction, the residence of the Goddess Kalijai. Kalijai means Kali+Jai, Kali, the Goddess Kali and Jai is a name of a village girl of Banpur, who was drowned there during her visit to Parikuda Gada for her marriage. An accidental storm drowned her traditional boat. All the boatmen with her father were alive except that girl Jai. Since she became the adorable Goddess of the locality and became respected among Odiya people. Most of the fisherman community worship Goddess Kalijai as their “Ista Devi”. Ista means who manages all the Ista(Good) and Anistha(Bad) times.