A view of the main temple.
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Allowing the roots of banyan tree to enter the ground
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Gorekhnath Peeth, Jagatsinghpur

Banyan trees galore at Gorakhnath.
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Gorakhnath Peeth, Jagatsinghpur

Gorakhnath Temple- view from behind.
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The Presiding Deity in Gorakhnath

The sanctum-sanctorium at Gorekhnath.
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Gorakhnath- picturesque location

The main shrine at Gorekhnath is surrounded by huge banyan trees- a distant view.
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Gorakhnath Shrine- Jagatsinghpur

Gorekhnath is the second most popular shrine of Jagatsinghpur now.It  has rather become too popular with the masses during the last one and half decade only. As small children we had heard of Gorekhnath temple but it was not very approachable/accessible as people had to cross paddy fields to arrive at the small shrine which was reputed to be infested with King Cobras and we were not very keen to visit the place for fear of the snakes. But off late, on certain days of the year, it has even surpassed Jhankada Sarala temple in drawing visitors and devotees.Elders comment that it has become too commercial and the temple management doesn't allow the roots of the banyan trees which are the main-stay of Gorekhnath shrine to enter the ground as the whole place has been covered with concrete. The management must be finding it difficult to keep the place clean and hence the decision but provision for patches to break in to allow the roots to get down to earth in search of nourishment and also tide over the typical cyclonic storm  of Jagatsinghpur may be kept in mind and really sincerely acted on.
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Sarala Temple-Front View

Sarala Temple- Front Gate View
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Front View of Sarala Temple, Jhankada

Sarala Temple- a distant view.
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The Modern Feet Washing System

Another new addition in the process of modernisation at Sarala Temple. The leg-washing place not maintained well. There's no water when we visited on 10th March. What's probably required is not to copy provisions at other temples but to study the foot-wear preference of majority of devotees at Sarala Temple in a year and taking action to build a washing place that provides the same ambience as the floor material of the ancient temple where the devotees are likely to head after washing their feet and providing continuous flow of water by recycling a fixed amount of water by removing dirt in a process of recycling. I wish there are some devotees of Godess Sarala who will take up and implement this small project particularly keeping in mind the monsoon moths when the mud-content in washed water is likely to be very high.
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