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N. Vasu— Giltgqvarci Inscription of Anagga-bhinta II. [No. 4, 
devottara property, but the votaries had alienated a great part of it, 
and consequently the income having greatly deteriorated, no longer are 
the offerings and ceremonies conducted in their former grand scale. 
One thousand bighas of land and 300 bharanas of paddy per year, are all 
that now exist to defray the expenses of the temple. A considerable 
sum is added to the income by the gifts from the visitors, during the 
two festivals of the (^ivaratri and the lunar Caturdapi of the bright 
fortnight in the month of Kartika, when a vast concourse of people 
floods into the place. 
The tradition as to the origin of the temple, runs as follows :— 
The site, on which the temple of Cateqvara now stands, was a tank. 
In the vicinity, a village school-master taught his pupils, in his little 
.Gatugdla , i.e., school. Mahadeva, the great god, himself came in the 
guise of a cata , i.e. pupil, and began to learn with other boys. Now, all 
the other boys had to be harassed much for their school fees, and paid 
them after several demands made; but Mahadeva, the disguised cata 
paid even before the first demand. Moreover, he would fiot be prevailed 
upon to disclose his, parentage even at the injunction of the school¬ 
master. Doubts now began to grow deep in the mind of the teacher, 
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as to the identity of this extraordinary boy, and one evening he secretly 
followed the cat a, when returning from the Catagala. Then to his 
great astonishment the boy came direct to the tank, and to the ecstasy 
of surprise of the beholding teacher, plunged into the waters and dis¬ 
appeared! The night following, the teacher was visited by Mahadeva 
in a dream and addressed to the following effect:—“ I was hitherto 
learning of you with a view to reveal my greatness, go and celebrate 
my name to the world, henceforth I shall be called CatSqvara, the 
divine pupil.” After this miracle, many came to study there and went 
put profound scholars. By and by, the fame of the virtue of this places 
reached the ears of the XJtkala-raja, who thereupon, caused the tank 
to be filled with earth, erected the beautiful temple upon it, established 
the, present .Cat© 9 vara-Liqga within the temple, and dedicated a vast 
property towards its maintenance. 
In this temple, we find an inscribed slab, bearing the inscription of 
Anagga-bhlma II of Orissa, which forms the subject matter of my 
present article. On the 7th of November, 1893, I went there with my 
friend Artatrana M^ra of Mauda, to visit the temple of Cateqvara. 
The votaries at our request brought the inscribed slab out of the temple 
and placed it, upon the outer door. The darkness of the night was then 
fast approaching upon us, and I hurriedly took some rubbings of the 
inscription in pencil. Subsequently, however, another set of tracing of 
the same has reached my hand. 
