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‘Rasagola’, a cheese-based Odisha sweetmeat, finds mention in the Odia ‘Ramayana’ by Balaram Das (1472-1550 AD) Rasagola is offered by Lord Jagannath to appease Goddess Laxmi on Niladri Bije, the last day of the annual Rath Yatra at Puri. As the Lord visits Gundicha Temple with his siblings during the Car Festival, His wife is aggrieved for being left behind. ‘Swatwalipi’, the Record of Rights governing all rituals of Shre Jagannath Temple, specifically mentions this. The Panijka of ‘Tadhaukaran’ servitor also mentions Rasagola as a special offering by the ‘Bhitarachha Mohapatra’ servitor.