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INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord Jagannath also called as Puri Jagannath, Panduranga, Vittala and Vithoba is an incarnation of Sree Krishna Bhagavan. The Jagannath temple is situated in Puri, odhisha and it is a very famous one among the hindu devotees. Every year, during the rathyatra festival, lakhs of pilgrims would visit this temple to get the divine vision of the gods and the goddess. By seeing the darshan of the divine deities, Lord Jagannath, Lord Balarama and Goddess Ma Subhadra ,we would forget our worries, our miseries and sorrows . The deities are decorated with beautiful clothes and precious ornaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The temple is a main pilgrimage centre. The present temple was renovated during the 12th century AD by the King Anantavarman.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following great saints visited this holy temple of Lord Krishna:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Ramananda<\/li>
  2. Ramanuja<\/li>
  3. Madhwacharya<\/li>
  4. Guru Nanak<\/li>
  5. Kabir das<\/li>
  6. Tulsidas<\/li>
  7. Ramanujacharya<\/li>
  8. Nimbarkacharya<\/li>
  9. ChaitanyaMahaprabhu<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    TEMPLE HISTORY<\/strong>
    According to the legend, the construction of the auspicious Jagannath temple was done by King     Indradyumna<\/a>, as mentioned in the divine texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The original image of Jagannath at the end of Tretayuga<\/a> was manifested near a banyan<\/a> tree. In Dvapara Yuga, King Indradyumna of Malwa<\/a> wanted to find that glorious image and had done severe penance. Vishnu then asked him to go to the Puri seashore<\/a> and find a floating log to make an image from its trunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The King found the log of wood. Indradyumna asked Visvakarma, to construct a temple to place the idols and Vishnu himself appeared in the form of a carpenter to make the idols on the condition that he was to be left undisturbed until he finished the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But just after two weeks, the Queen became very anxious. She wanted to see the carpentry work. Therefore she requested the king to open the door. But Lord Vishnu in the form of carpenter was disappeared from that place. The idols were not in a proper shape. But they heard a divine voice that told to king Indradyumana to install the half completed idols in the temple. The king also installed the idols at the Jagannath temple as per the divine message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Jagannath\nis worshipped as Vishnu or Krishna<\/a> and Lord Balabhadra<\/a> as Shesha<\/a>. Simultaneously, the other deities are regarded as Lord Bhairava<\/a> and Vimala<\/a> Devi (Incarnation of Mata Parvati) installed in the\ncampus of the temple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The temple is one of the holiest\u00a0Hindu<\/a>\u00a0Char Dham<\/a>\u00a0temples.The\u00a0Vimala Temple<\/a>\u00a0is considered one of the most important of the\u00a0Shakti peeths<\/a>. It is situated near\u00a0Rohini Kund<\/a>\u00a0in the temple complex. Generally after making food offering to Jagannathit will be offered to Goddess Vimala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The\ntemple of Mahalakshmi<\/a> is\nalso situated in the main temple. It is said that preparation of naivedya<\/a> as offering for Jagannath is carefully supervised\nby Ma Mahalakshmi. There are other shrines in the temple namely  Ganapathy,\nSurya<\/a>, Saraswati<\/a>, Bhuvaneshwari<\/a>, Narasimha<\/a>, Rama<\/a>, Hanuman<\/a> and Eshaneshwara<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Daily\nofferings are made to the Lord six times a day. The Mahaprasad of Lord\nJagannath shall be distributed among the devotees in the temple.The temple’s kitchen is the largest in\nthe world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    IMPORTANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    By worshipping the deities in Lord\nJagannath temple, we would achieve the following benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Sound\nmind.<\/li>
    2. Good\nknowledge, wisdom, courage and boldness.<\/li>
    3. Wealth\nposition will improve.<\/li>
    4. Can\nget better life partner.<\/li>
    5. Pleasantness\nin mind.<\/li>
    6. Relief\nfrom all kinds of dreaded diseases.<\/li>
    7. Strong\nphysical energy.<\/li>
    8. Our\nspiritual power will increase.<\/li>
    9. Strong\nbondage in marriage life.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Hence, let us worship Lord Jagannath at Puri along\nwith Lord Balarama and Ma Subhadra at least once in our life time and get all\nthe prosperities in our life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cOM SREE JAGANNATHARE NAMAHA\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cOM SREE BALARAMARE NAMAHA\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cOM MATA SUBHADHRA DEVIYE NAMAH\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      WRITTEN BY R.HARISHANKAR<\/p>\n