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Legend
Local story
Folk tale
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Temple legend
In stone and bronze
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Pan-India 240
South India 81
West India 37
East India 37
North India 28
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Southeast Asia 6
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Legend · 1 telling · contested
Indra and Virochana learn the Self from Prajapati
Prajapati declares that whoever finds the Self free from death and grief gains all worlds.
Temple legend · 4 tellings · contested
The carving of the images at Puri
An old carpenter carves the images of Jagannath from the log behind a closed door; in Puri's tradition the door is opened early and the images stay unfinished.