The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.s1.199

v2.c17.s1.199

³⁸ A curious illustration of the idea of sanctity attached to the spot was afforded a few years ago, when a stone from the roof of the temple had fallen down, and the images had to be removed from it: The Uriyas refused to eat the cooked rice offered to the images in their temporary abode, for, they said, the food acquired its sanctity from the place and not from the images and the consecration service, inasmuch as food consecrated elsewhere before other images of Viṣņu is not so eaten.