A village in the Sambalpur Subdivision, situated on the left bank of the
Mahanadi, 23 kms. south of Sambalpur. The village contains the Leaning
temple dedicated to Lord Siva, which was built in the reign of Baliar
Singh, the fifth Raja of Sambalpur. The worship of Siva is said to have
been initiated by a milkman(Gauda), who daily crossed the Mahanadi to a
place on the bank where the underlying rock croped out. Here he daily
offered his dole of milk, which was at once drunk up by the rock, and
this miraculous circumstance led to enquiries, which ended in the
construction of the present temple. Huma is a place of pilgrimage, and
is also visited by strangers out of curosity to see the different kind
of fish in the river. A great fair takes place at the foothill in March
every year on the occasion of Sivratri. The presiding diety is
Bimaleswar Siva. The special type of fish found here are called as Kudo
fish. They are said to be so tame that they will eat sweets and other
foods from the hands of those who bathe close to the temple. During
auspicious days they are called by their names and given the prasad of
the God. Here nobody tries to catch them as they are believed to be the
assets of the God. Now about the main point of attraction i.e. the
tilted structure of temple. From the investigation and interviews
performed by our team, nobody able to give satisfying reply. The
surprising thing is, the main temple tilted to one direction and other
small temples tilted to some other direction. And within the temple
complex i.e. within the boundaries of temple, everything found to be in
tilted condition including the boundaries. Now again the angle of
inclination is not changed since last 40/50 years as said by the
villagers and priests. However the structure is tilted may be due to
some geological reason, may be the earth crust is un-even in structure.
About the inclination, its not possible to judge whether the angle is in
a increasing trend or not. For that some sort of measurement mechanism
should be given to analyse it very correctly as it is done in leaning
tower of Pissa.