PURI, INDIA, November 12, 2001: The icon of Madan Mohan, found missing from Sri Jagannath Temple, was recovered from inside a well in the temple complex on Monday, official sources said. Another icon of Narayani, also missing since Sunday, is yet to be traced. The two feet high astadhatu (eight metals) idol of Madan Mohan, regarded as representative of Lord Jagannath was sighted in a well inside Nilachal Upabana in the 12th century temple complex. Fire brigade personnel pumped out the water and retrieved the icon, the disappearance of which had caused commotion in the temple town forcing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to seek a government probe. There are over a dozen wells inside the shrine complex and efforts were on to pump out water from them to trace the icon of Narayani.
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