About 50 km from Keonjhar
towards Cuttack Popular for Shrine of Goddess
Tarini abode of Maa Durga. There is a Beautiful
story about Maa how she came from Kanchi
(Vijaynagar) to Puri. Govinda Bhanja
the senapati of Kalinga after winning the
battle between Kalinga and Kanchi had to
return to his kingdom keonjhar, King Purusottam
Dev wanted to give Govinda Bhanja something
as he had helped him to avenge his insult
and Princess Padmavati to his kingdom. Govinda
Bhanja wanted only one thing for himself
.He wanted to bring Maa to his kingdom.
King Purusottam Dev agreed to this and asked
him to ask Maa's permission. Govinda Bhanja
prayed MAA and MAA agreed with one condition.
Maa said she will go with him as long as
Govinda Bhanja doesn't look back to see
Maa. With this Condition Maa went with Govinda
Bhanjha to Kendujhar (kheojhar). From Puri
to Khedujhar Maa horse hoof sounds were
audible. On the outskirts of Khedujhar lies
river Baitarini. On the forest of Kheojhar
Maa's horse hoofs was not audible to Govinda
Bhanja. He got scared that Maa stayed behind
and he turned to look back to see. There
n then Maa turned into stone. Govinda Bhanjha
prayed Maa for forgiveness but Maa said
she has made the condition with him before
coming. And she will stay in the wild jungle
and asked Govinda Bhanjha to worship in
that place. Till today Maa Tarini is being
worshipped in Ghatagaon, Kheojhar. Which
is now a major tourist attraction in Kheojhar
(Orissa).
By
Air
Bhubaneswar, the capital
city of Orissa, is the only civil airport
in the state connected to different parts
of the country through regular flights.
From Bhubaneswar very good road transport
facility is available to reach the Temple
of MAA.
By
Rail
There is no direct train
network to Maa's Temple but one can go upto
Jajpur Road station and from there plenty
of road transport facility available to
reach Maa's temple.
By
Road
There is a good road
network connecting Ghategaon different places
within the state. Anandpur, Jajpur and keonjhar
are the 3 most nearest place to Ghatagaon.
Regular Bus servises are availble from major
cities of orissa through out the day. Buses
come from Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Puri, Berhampur,
Rourkela, Bhadrak, Balasore and other major
parts of orissa to Ghatgaon. Taxi services
are also available from all the cities of
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