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Chandi Mandap At SHREE SHREE GURUDHAM
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THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THAKUR FIRST SAW MAA ....
N THEN HIS LIFE STARTED CHANGING....
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At the age of 8-9 yrs, one day at evening time NALINIKANTA went to the chandimandap, kutubpur to worship their kuladevi(BHAGABATI) with a pradip. HE saw that there was already a light. HE thought that anybody left a pradip there. But when HE touched his feet on the stair of chandimanap a fire is lighted and vanished automatically before understanding anything..!! HE saw a beautiful little girl was standing into the fire in front of HIM … HE totally astonished to see that. HE left that pradip and fled away. HE went to HIS mother and told there was a ghost in the chandimandap..!! HIS mother smiled and said that HE saw the DEVI BHAGABATI.
Chandi Mandap At SHREE SHREE GURUDHAM
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THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THAKUR FIRST SAW MAA ....
N THEN HIS LIFE STARTED CHANGING....
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At the age of 8-9 yrs, one day at evening time NALINIKANTA went to the chandimandap, kutubpur to worship their kuladevi(BHAGABATI) with a pradip. HE saw that there was already a light. HE thought that anybody left a pradip there. But when HE touched his feet on the stair of chandimanap a fire is lighted and vanished automatically before understanding anything..!! HE saw a beautiful little girl was standing into the fire in front of HIM … HE totally astonished to see that. HE left that pradip and fled away. HE went to HIS mother and told there was a ghost in the chandimandap..!! HIS mother smiled and said that HE saw the DEVI BHAGABATI.
DIVINE VISION:Suddenly Devi appeared before Him with her 10 arms. Nalinikanta run away from the chandi mandap in fear! when explained event to His mother, she smiled and said like I am your mother Devi (Devi Bagabati) is mother of Universe! why fear ? are you afraid of me ? Nalinikanta was only nine years then.(A collection from Shri Shri Thakur Nigamananda(Odiya), writer Sri Banmali Das/Sri Durgacharan Mohanty)