While digging the foundation for a new bridge in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, the team discovered many ancient stone deities located at a depth of 40 feet underground, reported by Indiadivine.org

Katni: While digging the foundation for a new bridge in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, the team discovered many ancient stone deities under the ground. The deities were found approximately at a depth of 40 feet.

Civil engineer Mr. Rishabh Upadhyay was heading the construction of the bridge. He called the Archaeological Survey of India and handed over the site to them for further excavation.

The deities are reported to be thousands of years old. One of the deities appears to be “Panchakritya”, a five faced form of Lord Sadashiva representing five divine activities, namely utpatti (creation), sthiti (maintenance), samhara (destruction), tirodhana (concealment), and anugraha (grace).

The construction of the bridge was being done under ‘PradhanMantri Sadak Yojana’. After excavating the team found four idols along with ten small idols of ancient deities, which they had take care of the whole night.

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