Tale Of Twelve Poem by Suman Kumar Das

This is not a story, rather a glorious truth lost somewhere in the pages of Indian history. It is the real incident behind the construction the world famous ‘Konark Temple’- a temple of the Sun god, Surya, situated in the state of Odisha, India. This is my humble effort to make our respected readers to recall all those inspiring memories.
-: Narasimhadeva (the king of Ganga Dynasty) had hired a chief architect called Bisu Maharana to build the temple. After a period of twelve years, a workforce of twelve hundred almost finished the construction. But, they failed to mount the crown stone. The impatient king ordered the temple to be finished in three days or the artisans be put to death. At the time, Bisu Maharana's twelve year old son, Dharmapada arrived at the site. Bisu Maharana had never seen his son, as he had left his village when his wife was still pregnant. Dharmapada successfully proposed a solution to mount the crown stone. But, the artisans were still apprehensive that the king will be displeased to learn that a boy succeeded where his best artisans failed. Dharmapada climbed onto the temple and leapt into the water to save his father and his co-workers.: -