During the excavation of Simra pond in Sijauri village of Sikandra block area of Jamui district on Tuesday, a very ancient rare statue three feet high was found. The news of finding the idol during the excavation of the pond spread like wildfire in the village and gradually people started coming there. Within some time a crowd of people gathered to see the statue. Initially the villagers started worshiping the idol considering it to be the idol of Lord Vishnu. Some people were also seen calling it the idol of Goddess Lakshmi. However, later archaeologist Dr. Ravi Shankar Gupta identified the statue. god sun As of.
shoe on statue’s foot
Dr. Ravi Shankar Gupta has expressed the possibility of the statue being from the initial period of Pala period, 1500-1600 years old. The rare statue of Lord Surya is estimated to be from the 8th century. He told that the statue of Surya wearing a crown has the shape of a lotus flower in both its hands. There is a shoe on the foot of the statue which is seen only in the statue of Surya.
Police also reached the spot
Dr. Ravi Shankar Gupta told that there are statues of Dand and Pingal in the form of servants on either side of Lord Surya. After receiving information about the discovery of a very ancient rare statue during the excavation of the pond, the police administration also reached Sijhori village for the recovery of the statue. Where the officials had to face huge opposition from the villagers.
The officials who came to recover the statue are facing opposition from the villagers.
According to the information, on the instructions of District Magistrate Rakesh Kumar, on receiving information about the discovery of a very rare statue, Block Development Officer Amit Kumar, Circle Officer Krishna Kumar Saurabh, Revenue Officer Sunny Kumar, Police Station Head Chandan Kumar reached Sijhori village and tried to take possession of the statue. The villagers became furious in protest against this. After the administrative officials reached Sijhori, the villagers hid the statue. The officials should remain busy in convincing the villagers regarding the recovery of the statue.
On one hand, the administration is trying to recover the rare statue and keep it in the museum. On the other hand, the villagers are adamant on installing the statue in the village. The police administration is trying to explain, but the villagers are not ready to accept this matter related to faith. Hundreds of people had gathered at the spot. The deadlock between the two sides continued.
The statue is of rare category
Seeing the aggressive attitude of the villagers, SDO Abhay Kumar Tiwari also reached Sijhori village. He appealed to the people to convince them and hand over the statue to the administration. SDO said that the statue recovered from Sijhori village by the Archaeological Survey of India has been declared of rare category. The statue has to be recovered and handed over to ASI. However, the villagers are protesting till late Tuesday evening regarding handing over the statue. Whereas the district administration is busy in recovering the statue by following the legal procedure.
BDO said
In this regard, Block Development Officer Amit Kumar said that the statue found from the excavation of the pond is very rare. The administration is trying to recover the statue and keep it safely in the museum. However, the villagers are protesting.