Information minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak (in white shirt) releases a book titled Bisara Mohanty by Kanaklata Mohanty (extreme right) in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

Kanaklata has come up with the Odia novel based on an attack on the Jagannath temple in Puri. The title is named after a devotee, who fought odds to save the Brahma placed inside the idols. He hid it safely before Kalapahar set the idols on fire.

Text by Namita Panda
Picture by Ashwinee Pati