170 Rajendralala Mitra— On the Temples of Deoghar. [No. 2> 
fowler Visvavasu who worshipped Jagannatha before the Hindus took up 
that divinity. # 
After the death of Havana, according to one set of traditions, (not 
noticed in any Purana), the lingam lay neglected for ages, until it was no¬ 
ticed by a rude hunter, Vaiju by name, who accepted it for his god, and 
worshipped it daily, and proclaimed it to the world as the lord of Vaiju— 
Vaidyanatha. Before this occurrence, the lingam was known by its original 
name of Jyotirlihga, the lingam of light, or the name it derived on its 
transfer, Ravanesvara. 
The Santal tradition differs from this. According to it, as sum¬ 
marised by Dr. Hunter in his interesting ‘ Annals of Rural Bengal,’ “ In 
the olden time,’ they say, * a band of Brahmans settled on the banks of the 
beautiful highland lake beside which the holy city stands. Around 
them there was nothing but the forest and mountains, in which dwelt the 
black races. The Brahmans placed the symbol of their god S'iva near the 
lake, and did sacrifice to it; but the black tribes would not sacrifice to it, 
but came, as before, to the three great stones which their fathers had wor¬ 
shipped, and which are to be seen at the western entrance of the holy city 
to this day. The Brahmans, moreover, ploughed the land, and brought 
water from the lake to nourish the soil; but the hill-men hunted and 
fished as of old, or tended their herds, while their women tilled little 
patches of Indian-corn. But in process of time the Brahmans, finding the 
land good, became slothful, giving themselves up to lust, and seldom 
calling on their god S'iva. This the black tribes, who came to worship the 
great stones, saw and wondered at more and more, till at last one of them, 
by name Byju, a man of a mighty arm, and rich in all sorts of cattle, 
became wroth at the lies and wantonness of the Brahmans, and vowed he 
would beat the symbol of their god S'iva with his club every day before 
touching food. This he did; but one morning his cattle strayed into the 
forest, and after seeking them all day, he came home hungry and weary, 
and having hastily bathed in the lake, sat down to his supper. Just as he 
stretched out his hand to take the food, he called to mind his vow; and, 
worn out as he was, he got up, limped painfully to the Brahmans’ idol on 
the margin of the lake, and beat it with his club. Then suddenly a 
splendid form, sparkling with jewels, rose from the waters, and said: 
‘ Behold the man who forgets his hunger and his weariness to beat me, 
while my priests sleep with their concubines at home, and neither give me 
to eat nor to drink. Let him ask of me what he will, and it shall be given.’ 
Byju answered, ‘ I am strong of arm and rich in cattle. I am a leader 
of my people ; what want I more ? Thou art called Nath (Lord); let me 
too be called Lord, and let thy temple go by my name.’ ‘ Amen,’ replied 
* Cf. my Antiquities of Orissa, II, p. 102. 
