BEDI/DARIA HANUMAN AND SRI JAGANNATH


The Bedi Hanuman Mandir is near Chakratirth.It so happened that Sri Jagannatha engaged Hanuman Ji to protect Puri from the ocean because sometimes the ocean waves would enter Puri and the people would suffer.




However, once Hanuman Ji left his post of guarding Puri and set out to visit Ayodhya to attend a festival and eat laddu there. As a result, the oceanwater entered the town and the people were in great distress.
Prabhu then brought Hanuman back from Ayodhya.




Jagannath Ji bound him here with a rope(bedi), with laddu in one hand, and ordering him to never leave the place and guard Puri.
The Mandir here has two armed Hanuman with laddu in his left hand and a mace (gada) in his right hand.


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