Ramachandi Temple near Konark | Odisha Tourism | Things to do in Ramachandi, Places to visit in Ramachandi

Ramachandi Temple, is on a beautiful spot on the banks of the Kusabhadra River where it flows into the Bay of Bengal. It is only 7 km away from Konark on the Marine drive road from Puri District to konark of Orissa. The main attraction of this temple is an idol of Goddess Chandi seated on a lotus, which is hidden by sand mounds at the merging of River Kusabhadra and the Bay of Bengal. According to a legend among the local people, during the 17th century, Kalapahada, a rebel Hindu Brahmin youth who had changed his religion to Islam and had taken a vow to destroy all Hindu temples; had supposedly tried to destroy this temple as well.t is said that, when he arrived at this temple after destroying the Sun Temple, Goddess Ramchandi, dressed as a Maluni, saved the temple from destruction.