Jagannatha temple

building complex, Puri, India

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cultural features of Odisha

  • Puri: Jagannatha temple
    In Odisha: Festivals

    … is the site of the Jagannatha temple, perhaps the most famous Hindu shrine in India, and of the temple’s annual Chariot Festival(locally known as Rath Yatra), which attracts hundreds of thousands of people; the English word juggernaut, derived from the temple’s name, was inspired by the massive, nearly unstoppable wagons…

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