the ‘Lord of the world’. It is the name of a crude effigy without limbs and with big painted eyes, housed in the temple of Puri, now regarded as a particular manifestation of (or ). It is buried and newly carved in a twelve-year cycle. An...

(‘Lord of the world’) In some parts of India, especially in Puri, this is the usual name for Viu in his manifestation as → Kria. It is in his honour that the feast of rathayatra is held, when the image of the god is wheeled along in a...

Jagannath is a Sanskrit name used to describe a deity form of Krishna. The term means master (nath) of the universe (jagat). Jagannath is considered amongst Vaishnavas to be a very merciful form of Krishna. The oldest and most famous Jagannath deity is...