Subarnameru Temple, Sonepur –
Legends
As per legend, a trader named Neulisa
was travelling in his bullock cart with the sacks of his products to sell in Sonepur.
He decided to take rest in the Suvarnapali Village on the banks of the Tel
river. He need to sew some of his sacks which got loosed due to the arduous
journey. To sew them properly, he wanted to sharpen his needle. He found a
stone buried in the sand on the banks of the river. The buried stone was a
Swayambhu Lingam.
The trader without knowing the
presence of the Lingam rubbed the needle against the smooth surface of the
Lingam. To his great astonishment he found the iron needle changed into a gold
one. He realized that the stone was having miraculous effect of converting the
iron into gold. He then brought all the pieces of iron, which were with him and
converted them into gold simply by rubbing it against the Lingam. The trader
tried to take away the Lingam with him.
However, he could able to dig it
out of the earth. Lord Shiva appeared in his dreams at the same night and
directed him to build a temple on the left bank of River Tel. As instructed by
Lord Shiva, he built a temple and found the Lingam appeared in the sanctum
miraculously. It is also said that there was a shower of gold pieces for 36
hours when the Lingam appeared in the temple. Thus, the
place came to be called as Sonepur /
Subarnapur.
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