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Brahma replied " True, but I again conjure thee, say whose temple is 

 this." The crow then answered, " It is raja Indra Dyumna's. It was 

 long buried in sand from an inundation of the sea ; raja Gal 

 Madhava cleared away the sand and has restored it to its former 

 condition." The parties then went to the Indra Dyumna *Talao where 

 there were many tortoises, who as soon as they saw Maharaja Indra 

 Dyumna all plunged to the bottom. Brahma asked wherefore they 

 fied, they answered, " Raja Indra Dyumna is come back again. We 

 fear lest he should again load us with stones and pay us for our labour 

 as scurvily as before, seeing that he only gave us a daily allowance of 

 a handful of rice, a gourd, and a little bhunna of the value of about a 

 cowree." Raja Gal Madhava became now overwhelmed with shame 

 and was obliged to acknowledge himself in the wrong. He died 

 shortly after. Then the raja Indra Dyumna having performed a jog 

 placed the Dar Brahm image in the temple with due ceremony. The 

 image of Neel Madhava disappeared from that time. The principal 

 ranee named Mookta Devi founded the temple called the Mookta 

 Mundup and ranee Goondicha, another of his wives, built the 

 Goondicha Mundulf and established the ruth jatra. At the time of the 

 festival the latter ranee stood before the great ruth of Jugunnath 

 which is called Nundee Ghose and prayed thus : " Oh divinity, let 

 none of my offspring survive, lest becoming inflated with pride they 

 should lay claim to the merit of having built the temple and say, the 

 jraage is ours." The same ranee enclosed the temple with four walls, 

 which was called the Meghad enclosure. Her prayers were so well 

 attended to that all the children of raja Indra Dyumna died away and 

 none was left to perpetuate the race. 



The sovereigns of the Kcsuree Buns (or Vansa) dynasty then suc- 

 ceeded to the government. 



The first of these, Chundra Kesuree ruled 52 years. Then raja 

 Jujjat Kesuree ruled 96 years, Kurung Kesuree 117, and raja 

 Sooru j Kesuree 117 years. The latter raja founded the village of 

 Gope. He was succeeded by raja Lullat Kesuree who reigned 113 

 years. He built the famous temple of Bhovaneswara, and his ranee 

 dug the tank called Bindoo Sagur. Then raja Busunt Kesuree 

 reigned 95 years, and Pudum Kesuree 59 years. The latter prince 



* The famous tank near the Gondichar Nour, called vulgarly lnder Dummun 

 Talao. 



t t The Goondicha Mundul retains its old name. It is the building to which 

 lugunnath is taken during the ruth jattra. The great ruth also is still called 

 Vundi Ghose. 



