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Paradip: A religious shrine, at Nehru Bungalow not so far from the port town of Paradip is abuzz these days with the movement of conch shells which come out of their dugout to feast on the ‘bhog’ the devotees offer every day. Superstitions apart, the conch shells that tend to move creating an illusion of […]

Paradip

Paradip: A religious shrine, at Nehru Bungalow not so far from the port town of Paradip is abuzz these days with the movement of conch shells which come out of their dugout to feast on the ‘bhog’ the devotees offer every day.

Superstitions apart, the conch shells that tend to move creating an illusion of some kind of supernatural phenomenon, are actually housed by hermit crabs, who take shelter in the dead shells of conch, snails, and sea-shells.