Jodisum is the village deity of the Saora (Saura) of southern Odisha, embodied in two wooden poles carved with human form and installed at the crossroads of the village. C.B. Patel's study of Saura panoramic painting describes iditals dedicated to Jodisum, painted for the yearly first-eating ceremony of red gram: in one composition seven female shaman-priestesses (idaibois) stand in prayer, asking the god to guard and protect the village from evil spirits. INTACH's documentation of Saura intangible heritage likewise lists the idol of Jodisum among the deities worshipped on various occasions by a community that recognizes no single supreme deity, and murals in the Jodisum style are counted among the recognized forms of the idital tradition. The crossroads poles and the dedicated murals make Jodisum one of the most distinctive material presences of Saora village religion.