Indradyumna prayed to Lord Brahma, so that he would consecrate the temple and the areas close to the temple, like Sri Kshetra, which gives the highest kind of liberation. But Brahma said: Sri Kshetra is a place manifested by the eternal potency of the Lord, where he manifests himself. So therefore it is not in my ability to install the Lord here. Lord Jagannatha and his abode are eternally situated in this material world, by His mercy, so just put a flag on top of the temple, and I will give the blessing that the person who sees this flag from far away, and gives his references to the flag, he will be liberated.
Lord Brahma placing the flag on the temple.
After sometime, king Indrayumna felt very sad by not being able no see Nila Madhava. He decided that his life did not have sense and laid down on a mattress of Kushagrass determined to fast till his death.
The king Indrayumna determined to fast until death.
But Lord Jagannath talked to him in a dream:''My dear king donīt be sad. I will come to my abode floating from the sea in my wooden form, called daru brahman. I will appear in a place named Vankimula. Accompanied by servants and soldiers, the king went to the place the Lord had told him, and in the seashore he saw an enormous piece of wood marked with the symbols of Lord Vishnu, which are the conch, the disc, the mace, and the lotus flower.
King Indrayumna finds a big piece of wood with the symbols of Lord Vishnu.
Although a lot of men and elephants where trying to take out the piece of wood, it was impossible, to move it. This night Lord Jagannath talked again to the king: "Bring my old servant Visvasu who served me as Nila madhava, and put a golden wagon in front of the daru-brahman. The king started to work according to the instructions given in the dream.
Lord Jagannath reveals himself in a dream to king Indradyumna