Form · Vaishnava · East India · Puri, Odisha

Jagannath

Also called: Nila Madhava, Purushottama, Darubrahma

The wooden lord of Puri, worshipped with Balabhadra and Subhadra, whose bodies are carved anew from chosen neem trees at Nabakalebara while a secret substance passes from old image to new. The Skanda Purana's founding story has a Sabara chief worshipping him as Nila Madhava before King Indradyumna's temple; Odia lists sometimes put him in the Dashavatara.

Sources: Jagannath — Wikipedia; Jagannath Temple, Puri — Wikipedia; Nabakalebara — Wikipedia; Jagannath Cult and its Linkage with Tribal Culture — Odisha Review (Jun–Jul 2019); Colonial in the vernacular: the god Jagannath and his tribal origins in the state of Odisha — Politika · see Jagannath's web

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Jagannath worshipped by

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Mortal) Vaishnava · Chaitanya, the golden Krishna
Last two decades at Puri.
Vishvavasu (King) Tribal · Nila Madhava and the unfinished images of Puri
As Nila Madhava, before the temple.
Indradyumna (of Avanti) (King) Vaishnava · Nila Madhava and the unfinished images of Puri
Builder of the first temple.

Jagannath form of

Vishnu (God) Vaishnava · Nila Madhava and the unfinished images of Puri
Worshipped as Krishna/Purushottama; Eschmann's tribal-origin thesis and its critique are recorded on the entity.
Krishna (Avatar) Vaishnava

Jagannath sibling of

Balabhadra (of Puri) (God) Vaishnava · The chariot festival of Puri
Subhadra (of Puri) (God) Vaishnava · The chariot festival of Puri

Jagannath appears in

Skanda Purana (Text) Vaishnava · Nila Madhava and the unfinished images of Puri

Jagannath blessed by

Brahma (God) Vaishnava · Nila Madhava and the unfinished images of Puri
Consecrated the unfinished images (Skanda Purana variant).

Jagannath celebrated at

Rath Yatra (Puri) (Festival) Vaishnava · The chariot festival of Puri

Jagannath dwells at

Puri (Place) Vaishnava · Nila Madhava and the unfinished images of Puri

Jagannath has form

Nilamadhava (Form) Vaishnava · Jagannath and the Sabara chief
The blue-stone forest image tradition names as the god's earlier form.

Stories 4

Jagannath and the Sabara chief
Origin · as the god of Puri · 2 tellings
Nila Madhava and the unfinished images of Puri
Temple legend · as deity · 4 tellings
Chaitanya, the golden Krishna
How a tradition frames it · as deity he served at Puri · 2 tellings
The chariot festival of Puri
Festival story · as rides Nandighosha · 1 telling

Cited

Jagannath — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Jagannath Temple, Puri — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Nabakalebara — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Jagannath Cult and its Linkage with Tribal Culture — Odisha Review (Jun–Jul 2019) Scholarly
Colonial in the vernacular: the god Jagannath and his tribal origins in the state of Odisha — Politika Scholarly