Daksinakalika Temple
This temple is situated towards south-eastern side of the Jagannath Temple of Balisahi. Puranic tradition say that in Sriksetra or Puri, Sri Jagannath is regarded as Daksinakalika. The deity is enshring in a modern temple at an higher rasied platform. The temple is facing to east and consist of a Vimana and a Jagamohan. The deity is four armed and seated on a corpse. She is shown as drinking blood, with a dagger and holding severed head in two of her hands. It is believed that Daksinakalika is the guardian of the kitchen of the Jagannath Temple.













