The puja pandit (priest) had a dream and came to know that the ghee served was impure, for which Lord Jagannath was dissatisfied and thus this vulture appeared.
The Dumal family played a significant role in developing the agricultural production of the Patna Kingdom (erstwhile Balangir, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Raigarh, Bamra).
They vastly increased the lands under cultivation by clearing forests and gradually with rising wealth and power the Dumals became the zamindars of villages.
They worship Sthambeswari or Khambeswari (Maheswari) as their presiding deity on the full moon day in the month of Aswina (September-October).
The Badi Khela is played with wooden sticks shaped as weapons (sword, mace etc), which indicates their role as a martial race in the past.