He put Visvasa at one side and Vidyapati, the brahman, on the other side of the daru brahman.In the front of it a big cart was pulling, and they started a big kirtan. Like this the king requested the daru Brahman to come out of the water. This way the daru brahman easily could be lifted out of the water and be brought to the predestined place. Then Lord Brahma made a sacrifice and established a Nrisimhadeva Deity on a platform in a place of the sacrifice.

 

 

In a golden cart, accompanied by a big kirtan, the peace of wood was taken to the temple

To form the Lord Jagannath Deity out of the daru Brahman, the king brought the best sculptors in the country, but none of them was able to touch the duru Brahman. As soon as they started to sculpture, their chisels broke and fell in pieces on the floor.

 

As soon as the sculptors tried to touch the daru-brahman, their tools turned to pieces

 

Finally the Lord himself came dressed as an old artist and presented himself as Ananta Maharana. He asked if he could work alone with the doors closed for 21 days, then the Deity would be ready. According to the instructions from the old sculptor, the others started to build tree big carts. Immediately the sculptor took the daru brahman inside of the temple and closed the doors. Before he started, he asked the king to promise him that he could stay alone in the temple and the king would not open the doors before the 21 days had passed.

 

The Lord appeared before the king in the form of an old sculptor with the name of Ananta Maharana

 

After 14 days had passed, the king did not hear any sounds of tools, and this worried him a lot. Although his ministers had warned him several times not to go inside, the king listening to the advise of his wife, went to the temple and broke the doors open with his own hands. Inside the king did not find the old sculptor anymore, but he saw the daru-brahman which had manifested himself in three forms, Jagannatha, Subhdra and Balarama.

 

 

King Indradyumna, advised by his wife, to open the doors of the temple

 

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