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The most important deities in the Gopalpur region are Hanumantha and Bhima, different manifestations of the same violent, untamed god. Hamunmantha is the monkey-like god who helped Rama, the hero of Ramayana, to rescue his wife, Sita. It is recorded that Hanumantha entered the capital city of Ceyoln and set fire to it by tying a torch to his tail. Bhima was the largest and most warlike of the 5 Pandava brothers, the heroes of another epic, the Mahabharata. Surrounded by a rugged and forbidding countryside with such gods as models, the people of the Gopalpur region have maintained a way of life relatively unaffected by the distant cities.

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