As indicated by legend, the current real estate parcel, where the sacred sanctuary is found, was lying decrepit previously. Late Sri Hansa Panda, who turns out to be the Purohit of the then King of Kanika, used to eat steers and sheep’s in the land. One day Sri Panda was feeling tired and took a lay on a load of dry mud present there. While taking rest, he encountered an odd surprising inclination inside himself. Shockingly on that very evening, The Goddess “Chandika” showed up in his fantasy and mentioned him to remove her from the land.

From there on he went to the King and enlightened everything regarding the unusual experience he had that evening. With the assistance of the lord, Late Hansa Panda uncovered a similar real estate parcel. It is being said that around forty quantities of bullock trucks of Red Sindoor came out while burrowing and afterward arose The Deity of Maa Katak Chandi. At that point, the sanctuary was based on similar land. Here in Cuttack, the inhabitants firmly trust Maa Katak Chandi as The Living Goddess. The sanctuary of Maa Katak Chandi, the managing divinity of the city is visited by many enthusiasts consistently. The picture of the god is more seasoned than the sanctuary. It is accepted that she was the family god of the Gajapati Empire in the middle age, because of Islamic trespassers’ assaults she was covered while the rulers moved to Puri.

History
Late Sri Hansa Panda began loving the Deity with most extreme Niti, Nistha, and Sraddha. According to the sacred texts identified with Goddess Chandika or Bhuvaneshwari has four hands, showing weapons and signals as Paasa, Ankusha, Abhaya, Varada. She is loved as Bhuvaneswari while reciting Bhuvaneswari Mantra.

After Late Sri Hansa Panda, his solitary child Late Sri Lakshmana Panda began revering The Goddess in a similar cycle and strategy. He was honored with four girls, named Champa, Tulasi, Mali, and Malati. Those little girls were additionally helping their dad Late Sri Lakshmana Panda, in the customs (Seva Puja) of the Deity. Late Lakshmana panda consistently implored Maa Chandi to have a child and in the wake of supplicating such countless days, he was honored with a child, named Sri Dayanidhi Panda, who additionally followed the impression of his archetypes. The sanctuary went to the spotlight during Sri Dayanidhi Panda. The quantity of enthusiasts expanded during his period. He has six children, who are by and by performing ceremonies (Seva puja) of divinity. They are to be specific Sri Narayan Panda, Sri Narahari Panda, Sri Somnath Panda, Sri Chakradhar Panda, Sri Loknath Panda and Sri Ratnakar Panda.

The above innate sevaks alongside their fourteen children are as of now playing out the Seva Puja (Rituals) in the Temple. The fourteen children are Jagabandhu, Dinabandhu, Bikram, Gopal, Sarat Kumar, Sukhadeva, Bhagadeba, Manoj, Trilochan, Susant, Biswaranjan, Ramachandra, Pramod, Ranjit. It was set up in the year 1946.