Bhubaneswar, March 25 -- Jajpur: Days after an ancient Shivling and remains of a temple resurfaced from the Baitarani river near Dasharathpur in the district, another Shivling and other rare ancient sculptures were found from the riverbed at Devi Gada Ghat in the district on Thursday forcing the locals of the area to demand government's intervention to restore those rare artefacts.

As per reports, the Shivling and other remnants of an ancient temple were found during lifting of sand by excavators from the riverbed. The sculptures included one Shivling, one stone carved Nandi idol and one idol of Goddess Laxmi- all reportedly made from Black Marble stones.

As far as the origin of these idols are concerned, there are varied opinions from ...