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Incessant rainfall over the past several days has triggered flood-like conditions across parts of western Odisha, with Jharsuguda district among the worst affected.
The region's famed Koilighughar Shaivite shrine, located in Lakhanpur block, has been submerged after floodwaters from a nearby stream overflowed into the temple premises.
Officials confirmed that water from the Ahira canal, a stream flowing from the Hemgir area in neighbouring Sundargarh district, surged into the temple compound, inundating not only the outer areas but also the inner sanctum of the centuries-old Shiva temple.
As of this morning, sources reported th...