The deity Shrikrushna reportedly appeared in a dream to Vinod Singh’s 13-year-old daughter, Pooja, in Safaura village, revealing that a statue of the deity was buried near a nearby Muslim shrine. Initially dismissed, Pooja’s insistence, accompanied by a 10-day hunger strike, led her family to take her seriously. With her father’s support, they, along with other villagers, located the spot marked by Pooja, about 100 feet from the shrine, where they unearthed an ancient copper statue of Shrikrushna, approximately one foot tall. Vinod Singh placed the statue on his farm, 1.55 miles away, where it became a focal point for worship, attracting large crowds and prompting increased police presence for security.
Deputy Magistrate Anjali Gangwar announced plans for an archaeological investigation into the statue’s significance, while Vikas Khurana, Head of S.S. College’s History Department speculated that the statue likely dates back to the Gupta period, around the 7th century. Further clarity on the statue’s origins is expected to emerge from the archaeological inquiry.
