Bhubaneswar, Aug. 27 -- Cuttack: One of the iconic shakti peeths in Odisha, the temple Goddess Bhattarika in Baramba Tehsil of Cuttack district submerged after floodwater from Mahanadi river entered the shrine and its complex.

Following the State government's warning for a possible flood in the Mahanadi river basin, the servitors and officials of the temple administration made all preparations to relocate the deity of the Goddess to a temporary site so that the daily rituals don't get disrupted.

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Late on Wednesday night, the deity was shifted to safer location atop the hilltop situated adjacent to the shrine after floodwater gushed into the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.

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