Mythological article found in East Indian temple town north of Cuttack (7)

I believe the answer is:

puranic

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'mythological' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'article found in east indian temple town north of cuttack' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'article' could be 'an' (indefinite article) and 'an' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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