| Who is Lord Jagannath |
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The Lord Jagannath meaning - The Lord of Our Universe, is the hope of every odia people and also of every people who believes in him. According to Odia people (native people of Odisha) Lord Jagannath is the Avatar of lord Vishnu or Lord Narayan and he comes to earth to help poor, helpless and hopeless people.
| The Jagannath Puri Temple and Lord Jagannath |
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The Lord Jagannath Temple,Puri is the home of the Lord Jagannath or The Lord Jagabandhu, Where a huge number of devotees come on daily basis to meet and prey near the lord for their good time and to be successful in the life. The temple is so much popular due to which devotees not only from India but from the U.S., U.K, Germany and Russia come to visit this place.
| Some Facts About Lord Jagannath and his Temple |
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• The Jagannath Temple was built buy the king Anantha Ganga in 12 B.C.
• In the temple not only lord but also his sister Subhadra and brother Balarama also worshipped.
• The kitchen of the temple known as the "Rosa Ghara" is the largest kitchen in the world where 56 types of food items are prepared for the lord and for their devotee.
• The name of the 56 items includes 9 types of rice, 11 types of sweet dishes, 13 types of cakes and bread, 9 types of diary products, 14 types of lentil and vegetable curry without the use of garlic and onion.
• The Cart Festival is a major festival of this temple where millions of people gathered to see it.
• The Sudarshan Chakra on the top of it is looking same from every angle and direction. While, it just have two sides.
• The flag of the temple, which is on top dome always flows against the flow of wind.
• The flag also changed on a daily basis and to do it a priest daily climbs 213ft high to the top dome, and if it not changed then the temple must be shutdown for 18 years.
• And the most mysterious fact is this temple has no shadow. When sun's light reflected on us or on a object his shadow appears but this temple is a exception.