Sri Brundaban Chandra Krishna is worshipped at the Kunjakanta Temple. This temple is located in the Dhenkanal Town on a hill. Rajarshi Surapratap Singhdeo who was devout and a spiritually inclined person built the temple. His Baishnav Guru, his holiness Madhusudan Goswami of Brundaban recommended Raja Surapratap to construct the temple.
The image of Sri Radhakrishna was established and the ritualistic pattern of Brundavan was adopted. Late Parvati Charan Das, the then Debottar Magistrate, who after initiation in to sanyasa known as Baba Padmacharan Das, aided the king in constructing the temple. However, after the poignant premature demise of the king, Rani Krishnairiya took up the holy liability of the temple, who also wrote Kunjakanta Janana. Presently, this temple consists of Jhulan Mandap, Rasha Mandap with Astha Sakhi and the rituals are undertaken through out the year.
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