Jangha & Bada Dev

The Badagoan square is near about 70 (Seventy) km from Rourkela. An approach road is connected from Bargaon to the village Bhoipali which at a distance of 2 km Lord Jangha Dev. is being worshipped there in the village since a long time. Jangha Dev has been regarded as the perceptible God by the local inhabitants. A beautiful temple is constructed in the village. Every year in the month of Pausa people from different parts of the state especially from the Gond community come to take part in the festival of Bhoipali.

The lower part of the body i.e. from thigh to knee of Lord Jagannath of Puri is said to have worshipped here in the temple of Jangha Dev.

It is also believed that the Pandavas after completing the funeral rites of Lord Krishna thrown the remnants i.e. the “Navi Brahma” into the Ocean. The forest dwellers during that time collected that lower part of the Lord and started worshipping IT. Those people worshipping the lower part of the body later identified themselves as Gonds.

During the Mughal invasion the idol of Lord Jangha Deva was brought to the dense forest of Sundergarh. Since than the Lord Jangha Deva is being worshipped in Bhoipali village.

Besides, many more myth and stories relating to the origin of Lord Jangha Deva is heard to supplement the established fact.